HOUGHTON — Shortly after 7:30 a.m., a group of bicyclists powered their way up Dodge Street. By going up the steep route, they’ll make life easier for other people going through difficult times. The Wednesday morning trek was part of Tour Da Yoop, Eh, a 10-day, 1,200-mile trek ...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has awarded almost $11 million of Disaster Funding to counties across Michigan, including Houghton County. On Monday, Whitmer announced that $10,997,209 from Michigan’s Disaster and Emergency Contingency Fund would be spread out amongst 17 counties across the ...
Sitting in the movie theatre on Friday night, the day after this movie’s release, I was in the most crowded theatre I’ve been in since moving to the Keweenaw. Judging by the raucous laughter throughout the movie, the whoops and cheers when it ended, and the fact exactly zero people got up ...
EAGLE RIVER — After the Keweenaw County Board approved requesting a 1-mil dedicated millage to fund a full-time county zoning administrator last week, they decreased the amount from 1 mil to a half mil at a special meeting Tuesday morning. The request amounts to 50 cents per $1,000 of ...
L’ANSE — An event for the community to meet and interact with local law enforcement was held on Tuesday at the Nite Owl Cafe in L’Anse. The Coffee with a Cop event was placed together by the Michigan State Police and included representatives from the L’Anse Police Department and the ...
HOUGHTON — Both in August and November, District 2 will have the only contested Houghton County board race. Incumbent Joel Keranen is running against challenger Betsy Baril in the Republican primary. The winner of the race will face Casey Verberkmoes, who is running uncontested in the ...