Charles Lester Knuckles, Jr., 31, of Roseville, Michigan, was sentenced to 132 months (11 years) in federal prison for leading a conspiracy that trafficked over 500 grams of methamphetamine from Detroit to Houghton and Mackinac counties in December 2022 and January 2023. In a Nov. 13 release ...

Editors note: This is the second in a series that examines the increase in food insecurity in the four-county area, and the impacts the issue is causing. For many people, an electric fireplace conjures thoughts of quiet winter nights with a cup of hot tea while enjoying the projected flames ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...