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Babcock: More Hancock water lines to be inspected through EGLE directive

HANCOCK — The 413 Hancock water customers who received a letter Wednesday about unidentified service line material shouldn’t be alarmed, City Manager Mary Babcock told the Hancock City Council Wednesday night.  The letters are part of an ongoing directive from the Department of ...

County Board opts for old zoning ordinance

EAGLE RIVER — Zoning was the main topic of discussion during the budget meeting of the Keweenaw County Board Wednesday. The board members discussed abandoning the 2014 Zoning Ordinance and reverting to the ordinance adopted in 1975. “I said that months ago, we should go back to that,” ...

Gitzen has grown with the times as it has adjusted

Gitzen Company has recently expanded its services to include a delivery system to provide the products it sells to local residents who live close by to the major highways of Copper Country. This action is one of many steps that the company has taken since its founding to slowly evolve it to ...

Hancock plans Christmas Walk

HANCOCK — Supermarkets, radio stations, homeowners — all have their own standards for marking the start of the Christmas season.  Hancock has its own answer, co-signed by families from around the area: It begins when Santa Claus rides down Quincy Street on a fire truck, hops off at ...

Hancock Science program entering food growing

HANCOCK — Hancock Schools recently received a hydroponic garden system in the form of a donation from an anonymous source. The growing system will not only provide lessons for students, but will also provide healthy food to the school meal program. “There is a retired school teacher in ...

Arrests made in Three Lakes

L’ANSE — Three Upper Peninsula residents were arraigned in 97th District Court in Baraga County Tuesday after allegedly assaulting other people in a confrontation also involving gunfire at the Bear Paw Inn in Three Lakes. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post had ...