HOUGHTON — The $23 million facilities improvement bond narrowly approved by Houghton-Portage Township Schools voters in November drew more than 80 minutes of public comment at Monday’s monthly school board meeting. The 30-year bond is being used to fund a variety of upgrades to district ...
CALUMET — Calumet Village Manager Megan Haseldenis is currently in the beginning stage of planning events for the upcoming sesquicentennial of the incorporation of the village. She is also in the process of forming the sesquicentennial committee. She said the 150th anniversary celebrations ...
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources made an announcement in the beginning of January sharing the amount of total fish stocked throughout the state. The DNR says 9.7 million fish were stocked in 2024 with 590,504 of them released last fall. The fish comprising these ...
SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY — Just three weeks into 2025, the Upper Peninsula has recorded its forth snowmobile death of the new year. State police say the accident occurred Friday night in Schoolcraft County. According to a state police press release, troopers from the Manistique post responded to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, promising a “revolution of common sense” and taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions. Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal ...
HOUGHTON — About 50 people marched across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge in below-zero wind chill temperatures for the local branch of the national People’s March Saturday. The event was one of more about 350 People’s Marches held around the country Saturday. The annual protests ...