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The City of Hancock will apply for a grant to help deal with a growing erosion problem along the Portage waterfront. High water levels are washing away the shoreline between the Houghton-Hancock Bridge and the Ramada Inn. The city owns the strip of land between the hotel property and the …

This year’s Portage Health Foundation Giving Tuesday campaign brought in twice as many donations as last year’s. Final totals show that $394,514 was raised from 1,239 individual contributions. Donations were received from 28 states, but PHF officials said most came from their four-county service area. The foundation has provided $200,000 …

The first COVID-19 vaccines in the Copper Country were given yesterday to health care workers in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Native American tribes are being supplied directly from the federal Indian Health Services program. Officials from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department expect that frontline health care workers across …

Two projects recently completed by Career and Technical Education students at the Copper Country Intermediate School District have attracted attention from other parts of the country. At this week’s CCISD board meeting, Superintendent George Stockero reported that schools in Colorado and Florida had contacted him about the tiny house project …

NMU The Northern Michigan University hockey team opened up a big early lead, then held off Ferris State University 5-4 last night. After losing several series because of positive COVID-19 tests, the Wildcats celebrated their debut by building a 4-0 advantage early in the second period. The Bulldogs’ comeback began with …

A review of Houghton County’s vote count in the November election came out well. Last week, County Clerk Jennifer Kelly conducted risk limit audits in Calumet Township, Hancock Township and the City of Hancock… “Every single precinct that I did the audit for, everything went through fabulous. We did a …

The Houghton waterfront could someday include a hotel, retail and office space, conference facilities, apartments and condominiums.  The vision for the future of the property currently devoted to parking was unveiled by the Veridea Group of Marquette last night, at a joint meeting of the Houghton city council, planning commission, …

Houghton County sheriff’s deputies and jail employees have a new contract. The three-year deal was approved by the board of commissioners last night. No details were provided, other than that it runs for three years. Union members had already ratified the deal. Commissioners also decided to try to sell the …

The COVID-19 outbreak at the Mission Point of Hancock nursing home continues to grow, and another outbreak is developing at Canal View.  The latest weekly report filed with the State of Michigan by Mission Point includes 39 new resident cases. That raises the pandemic total to 52 at the facility. …

A former Michigan governor could be headed to Washington. There are reports that Jennifer Granholm will join the new Joe Biden administration as Energy Secretary. Granholm’s knowledge of the auto industry is seen as a key to facilitating the conversion from gasoline-powered vehicles to electric-powered vehicles. Granholm served as Michigan’s …