Graham Jaehnig/Daily Mining Gazette The Hancock Fire Department responded to a call shortly before noon Tuesday to find the contents of a document destruction truck burning in the city parking lot behind the Northern Mutual Insurance building located on Quincy Street. There were no injuries ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Mark Totten, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, announced his departure effective Monday, Jan. 20. President Biden nominated Totten on Nov. 12, 2021 and, after Senate confirmation, he began service on May 5, 2022. “I’m incredibly proud of the work my ...

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners held its monthly regular meeting Tuesday. The board went over a variety of topics including the establishment of an app run through the Sheriff’s office along with new equipment for officers, positional appointments, approvals of multiple deficit ...

HOUGHTON — The Houghton County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved resolution of support of the redevelopment of the Chassell Merchantile site located on Wilson Memorial Drive, in Chassell. The redevelopment $4.5 million project, led by T&J Properties, of Chassell, calls for the ...

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Sunflower Books and Coffee reached its third year anniversary this past weekend in Hancock. The store that got its start in December of 2021 has grown from its starting point of the inventory purchased by the current owner, Susan Mattila. Mattila had acquired the skeleton of a bookshop but ...