MARQUETTE — The Superior Health Foundation Board of Directors is proud to announce the approval of $548,477.49 for year two of its Proactive Pediatric Mental Health Grants to organizations addressing pressing mental health needs of youth across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. These grants ...

Monday, Sept. 16, was highlighted as the first 10 years of Michigan’s student safety program OK2SAY by Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and Director of the Michigan State Police Col. James Grady II. The program allows students, parents, school staff and educators to report acts and behaviors ...

HOUGHTON — The transformation of Houghton’s downtown and the community spirit that powered it helped it win a prestigious state award. Houghton received the Michigan Municipal League’s annual Community Excellence Award at the MML’s conference on Mackinac Island last week. ...

HOUGHTON — Drivers heading across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge on a busy Saturday afternoon got an important message from about 100 people spanning the west sidewalk of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge: you are not alone. The message came through the eighth annual Suicide Prevention Walk in ...

LAKE LINDEN — The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a man with mental health issues firing a gun inside his house in Lake Linden Saturday morning, the department said in a release. The sheriff’s office responded shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday to reports of a gunshot from a ...

HANCOCK — The wireless measurement systems produced by IR Telemetrics Inc. in Hancock are a Top 10 finalist for the 2024 Coolest Thing Made in Michigan People’s Choice Award. The Coolest Thing Made in Michigan is part of the Michigan Manufacturers Association’s Manufacturing Excellence ...