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LAURIUM, Mich. – It’s pretty common for a toddler to take a tumble, get up and toddle on, no worse for wear. However, as we get older, falls can be a serious health risk, even worse, life-threatening. To help raise awareness about the dangers of falls, Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics …

Sea lamprey larvae live in certain Great Lakes tributaries and transform to parasitic adults that migrate to the Great Lakes and kill fish. Failure to kill the larvae in streams would result in significant damage to the Great Lakes fishery. Infested tributaries must be treated every three to five years …

A Houghton native is being featured in an article by the US Navy highlighting hometown servicemen and women. Lt. Jared Moberg is a dentist aboard the USS Frank Cable, an expeditionary submarine tender based in Guam. He was a graduate of Concordia Academy in 2005 and has trained with the …

The start of the new school season is almost here and preparations are being made on the campus of Michigan Tech as the university welcomes a new group of Huskies to the Keweenaw. As many families will be visiting the Houghton/Hancock area this weekend, hotels are booked and the reason …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB Matthew Boyd turned in six shutout innings yesterday, as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox 7-2. Ronny Rodriguez, Mikie Mahtook and Nicholas Castellanos homered for Detroit. The Tigers host the White Sox again this evening. Michael Fulmer will return …

Six athletes will be inducted this fall into the Calumet High School Athletic Hall of Fame. This year’s class includes Chuck Boorman, Shannon (Helminen) Koski, Dan Mattson, Katie (Twardzik) Bonacorsi, Lisa Twardzik and Rudy Zunich. The recognition ceremony will take place Saturday, September 8th, at 11:00 in the CLK Schools …

A doctor with offices in Marquette and Traverse City is facing multiple charges of sexual assault. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has charged 43-year-old Dr. Jonathan Robertson with 8 counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the 3rd degree, related to sexually assaulting female patients in his care. Each count carries …

Houghton residents are being asked to be patient when it comes to potentially getting a new Meijer store. Representatives from the company have met with the city manager and plan to do some soil borings on the proposed site. The city of Houghton is working with Portage Township on some …

Both lead and copper levels are back to normal in the City of Houghton. City Manager Eric Waara said they received a letter from the Department of Environmental Quality with the results of their most recent testing which showed no samples with action level exceedance. The 98 percentile for lead …

Repairs to infrastructure in Houghton continue on both flood and non-flood related projects. Houghton City Manager Eric Waara said representatives from FEMA will be staying in town for the foreseeable future at the regular meeting of the City Council Wednesday.  A Program Delivery Manager is expected to arrive after Labor …