EAGLE RIVER — A public hearing of the Keweenaw County Planning Commission regarding a rezoning request by Black Bear, Inc. will be scheduled for the near future. A public hearing on the topic was scheduled for January 14, but the Commission did not have a quorum, so the hearing could not be ...

BARK RIVER — A man from Wisconsin is facing drug charges after his arrest Monday in the central UP. According to a press release from the Michigan State Police, troopers from the Gladstone Post arrested 56-year old Steven Van Lanen charging him with multiple drug violations. According ...

LAURIUM — Nurses at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital are trying to alert the public about last month’s closure of its obstetrics unit. Inpatient labor and delivery ended at the hospital as of Dec. 31. Aspirus announced in November it would be partnering with Upper Great Lakes Family Health ...

LANSING — Arguments in Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s case seeking to shut down a 4-mile section of Enbridge’s Line 5 oil and gas pipeline resumed Monday in the state’s 30th Circuit Court, as her office squared off with the Canadian energy company. Assistant Attorney General ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Nearly three weeks after the Eaton Fire destroyed their Altadena home, Pete and Angela Mitchell need answers on what to do next. They registered for FEMA assistance, but got a letter of non-approval. After a 90-minute call to the agency’s helpline and a long day at a ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s blanket pardon of virtually every defendant convicted in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building included two Copper Country residents. Karl Dresch and Jeremy Sorvisto had been sentenced in 2021 for their participation. Another defendant, Adam ...