HOUGHTON — While Black Friday lures shoppers in for big-ticket items at large retailers, people who want to keep their dollars closer to home have plenty of options.  Local chambers of commerce are planning Small Business Saturday events this week. Both the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce and ...

HANCOCK — If someone moved suspiciously quickly for seconds at their Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, multiple factors could be at play. One, they’d already worked up an appetite. Two, they’d already gotten plenty of practice moving that day.  That could apply to any one of an estimated ...

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech Huskies men’s basketball team had, by all accounts, a very strong weekend in Duluth, Minnesota, last weekend, falling to No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth, 80-70, and then defeating No.3 Minnesota State-Moorhead, 74-70. However, coach Josh Buettner’s team does not get ...

HANCOCK — The Copper Country’s child care needs are getting a little closer to being met.  Gabby’s Guppies, which currently operates in Lake Linden, is planning to expand to a new location in Hancock at the Hancock Community Hub, in the former Hirvonen Hall building.  Owner Gabby ...

L’ANSE — The L’Anse Village Council held its second meeting of the month on Monday. The Council received reports that the village’s Christmas lights have been put up and that the snow equipment is at the ready for the arrival of winter. The biggest news to be reported to the Council ...

HOUGHTON — Two Ohio residents are lodged in the Houghton County Jail after allegedly buying items in Houghton as part of a larger-scale operation involving purchases with stolen credit cards that has been targeting towns throughout the Midwest. On Nov. 7, the Houghton Police Department ...