HOUGHTON — A number of write-in candidates in the Copper Country filed by the Oct. 25 deadline to be added to the November ballot. Candidates ran in Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties; none had filed in Baraga.  Houghton County At the county level, Teresa Karinemi filed to run ...

SOUTH RANGE — The South Range Fourth of July Committee has announced its Second Annual Big Bucks Hunters Ball, Michael Renier, committee president said. The event is from 7-11 p.m., Saturday, November 9, at VWF hall, on South Baltic Avenue, in South Range. Slick Nickel, who performed at ...

SUMMIT LAKE — U.S. Forest Service firefighting crews are continuing to attack a wildfire in a remote wilderness area near Summit Lake in L’Anse Township. The fire, which was about 5 acres when it was reported Friday, grew to about 100 acres, where it has been for the past day, said ...

Rain showers did not dampen the spirits of Houghton children and their parents as they trick-or-treated up and down Shelden Avenue for the city’s 15th Treat Street on Saturday afternoon. Umbrellas were seen here and there, but hundreds of costumed residents mingled with one another downtown ...

HOUGHTON — With 17 days left to go before Election Day, Chasten Buttigieg had a message for Houghton County Democrats looking to get out and volunteer: Campaigning can’t just be yard signs and Facebook memes. “The best thing you can do right now is knock on doors and tell your ...

HOUGHTON — Jana Meckler, the Interim conductor of Michigan Tech’s Superior Wind Symphony, in addition to director of bands at Hancock Public Schools, announced that on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rozsa Center on the campus of Michigan Tech, the Superior Wind Symphony will ...