Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School In the girls’ high school basketball Friday night… – Houghton defeated West Iron County 59-43. Sloan Zenner scored 20 for the Gremlins. – Calumet pounded Jeffers 67-33. – Lake Linden-Hubbell shut down Chassell 46-29. – Dollar Bay overcame a nine-point …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School In girls’ high school basketball Friday night… – Houghton defeated West Iron County 59-43. Sloan Zenner scored 20 for the Gremlins. – Calumet pounded Jeffers 67-33. – Lake Linden-Hubbell shut down Chassell 46-29. – Dollar Bay overcame a nine-point deficit …

The public has spoken and it sounds like they are ready for the Portage Lake Lift Bridge Rehab project to begin. Last night, the Michigan Department of Transportation held a public meeting at Michigan Tech for discussion on the project. Zenith Tech Inc., the contractors who will be working on …

An elderly Iron River man who was reported missing Tuesday night has been found dead. The Iron County Sheriff Office says family members of 87-year old Albert Melchiori reported that they had not had contact with him since Monday evening when he had ventured out ice fishing on Chicagon Lake. …

A tired Michigan Legislature had to meet all night and into the morning, until it gave approval to a proposal asking voters to increase the state sales tax by a penny to pay for better roads. Under the package, most of the revenue would come from a one percent increase …

Click on the highlighted scores for full stories. High School In high school boys’ basketball last night… – Houghton shut down Hancock 63-27. – Lake Linden-Hubbell stifled Calumet 69-34. Tyler Roose scored 22 for the Lakes, including his 1,000th career point. – Chassell got past Jeffers 52-46. – Dollar Bay …

The names of those arrested on federal warrants have been released. Teri Lynn Decota, James Frederick Shelifoe, Barbara Ann Loonsfoot, Cindy Lou Knapp and Clifford Keith Durant, Jr. were all arraigned in federal court Wednesday. They were arraigned on five separate indictments. Only Durant is being held in the Marquette …

The Houghton Fire Department will be getting some important upgrades through a grant application that was discussed at last night’s Houghton City Council meeting. The first was for the purchase an industrial washing machine which City Manager Eric Waara says would be very important when cleaning their equipment. The second …

For the first time ever, the city of Hancock will be regulating open fires and burning. During last night’s city council meeting, the ordinance passed that would designate certain burning conditions as a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of 90 days in jail and/or a $100 fine. Fire pits can’t …

The Michigan DNR is looking for information about a moose poaching case in Baraga County. The DNR says the bull moose carcass was found last Saturday. Conservation officers believe the moose was killed in late November along Heart Lake Road in the Three Lakes area, near Petticoat Lake Road. Logging …