Rebuilding the Keweenaw Trail System
HOUGHTON COUNTY — With many uncertainties still surround the derivative effects from the Father’s Day Flood in Houghton County, one area of repair that is…
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Contrast Coffee to open shops in Hancock, Iron Mountain
One of the Upper Peninsula’s specialty coffee shops is expanding in the near future. Contrast Coffee will be opening up two shops later this year…
WUPHD offering free well testing to Western U.P. residents
HOUGHTON COUNTY — Western U.P. Health Department is offering free well testing kits to residents with water wells that were flooded over the weekend. The…
Police locate missing juvenile
HANCOCK — Police in Houghton County were able to locate a missing juvenile after five and a half hours of searching Monday afternoon. The Houghton…
Men avoid federal trial by entering guilty pleas
MARQUETTE — Two men involved in robbing a licensed gun dealer last December have avoided a federal trial by pleading guilty. Alexander Santiago, 18, and…
Local homeless shelter seeks donations
HOUGHTON COUNTY–A homeless shelter serving Houghton and Hancock is currently seeking donations through a GoFundMe page to be ready for when the Upper Peninsula winter…
Community repays construction crews
HANCOCK–Vollwerth’s in Hancock was doing business as usual when a customer came in and brought up reports of construction workers being mistreated by motorists. “We…
Construction workers target of motorist rage
HANCOCK — Motorists in Hancock have taken out their frustrations about road construction – on the workers themselves. Road construction in any community can be…
Changes coming to UP state park
HANCOCK — While erosion continues to eat away at the campground at McLain State Park, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is planning to make…
Will the popular bypass downtown be one way or two way?
HANCOCK — One-way or two-way? It’s the question the city of Hancock will have to answer concerning a popular bypass from downtown. It’s a relatively…