CALUMET TOWNSHIP – Since Calumet residents Jim Flood and his wife, Stacey, purchased the former D.S.S.&A. (Mineral Range) Depot, on the corner of Ninth and Oak streets, in 2024, they have been working on restoring it. Projects have included site preparation, structural shoring, ...
CALUMET – The The former depot is significant to the history of the Calumet area and to the state. Neglected and largely abandoned since the last passenger train, the Copper Country Limited, departed the depot on March 7, 1968. During the height of operations of the Calumet and Hecla Mining ...
HOUGHTON — At its' meeting Wednesday, the Houghton City Council voted to send the East Lakeshore Avenue revised rezoning plan back to the Planning Commission to consider the changes before possible rezoning. The designer of the plan, Brian Kangas of Houghton Quality Housing, addressed ...
A government shutdown has arrived, and Medicaid spending is once again at the center of the fight. Vice President JD Vance claimed Democrats would shut the government down to “demand healthcare for illegal aliens”— his words to describe limited state-funded programs that provide narrow ...
Depending on where in the United States you live and for whom you work, Columbus Day may be a paid day off, an unpaid commemorative day, another holiday entirely or a regular Monday. Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, has long been one of the most inconsistently celebrated U.S. ...
Most people don’t spend much time thinking about firewood. If it’s split and dry, it’s good to go, right? Well, maybe not. In recognition of Firewood Month, Michigan’s Invasive Species Program is taking a few minutes to unpack some firewood facts to help you make safe firewood choices ...