LANSING — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service told Michigan officials to pause payment of November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as SNAP, due to disruptions caused by the ongoing federal government shutdown. That’s according to ...

HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council approved the rezoning of Waterworks Drive parcels at its Wednesday meeting. The parcels will now be classified as a R3 multiple family residential district instead of the R1 single family residential district. The rezoning comes with conditions on ...

HANCOCK – A Thursday press release from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) states it received communication from US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) indicating that due to the ongoing federal government funding lapse, there may be a ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY – The Nature Conservancy in Michigan (TNC) and the Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) have secured a $2 million endowment fund for sustaining the Keweenaw Heartlands Project’s community forest program. The announcement was made at tuesday's Keweenaw Heartlands Project ...

HANCOCK — The Copper Country Intermediate School District (CCISD) learned more of what the recently passed state budget will mean for the district. At Tuesday's board meeting, CCISD Superintendent James Rautiola said that while the district is still trying to dissect what every aspect of the ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY – On Sept. 12 the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) submitted an application to the federal Forest Legacy Program for community acquisition of approximately 10,000 acres of forestland on Keweenaw Point currently owned by The Nature Conservancy in Michigan and is ...