HANCOCK — The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department wrote to a developer seeking to withdraw a variance request made to the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy regarding its housing project in Portage Township, asking the developer to withdraw and correct a letter with ...

HOUGHTON — The Houghton Planning Commission heard updates on the city’s push to upgrade its neighborhood parks, as well as the work of its zoning and branding committees, at its meeting Tuesday. The city held an open house this summer to get input on how to spend the remaining $120,000 ...

HOUGHTON ­— Wednesday afternoon began the first of five “Stuff a Blue Goose” events hosted by the Michigan State Police (MSP) to raise funds and food items for pantries of communities within Copper Country. The first event took place in Houghton at MarketPlace Foods where state troopers ...

ONTONAGON — An Ontonagon kayaker who went missing in July 2023 was identified Tuesday, two days after his body was found in Lake Superior in Ontonagon Township. Dale Venema, 74, was last seen kayaking on July 14, as he was paddling out to Lake Superior; a resident saw his kayak unoccupied ...

Mary Sears, Franklin Township supervisor, has been appointed to serve on the Michigan Townships Association Board of Directors, as District 1 director, which encompasses Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties. Serving Michigan’s 1,240 townships, MTA is the largest municipal ...

HANCOCK — The three Finlandia University properties now owned by Hancock are about 70% cleaned out, Hancock City Manager Mary Babcock said during Monday’s Planning Commission meeting.  The city purchased Mannerheim, Nikander and Wargelin halls for a combined $30,000 last year with the ...