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As recently reported by the Daily Mining Gazette, City Manager Mary Babcock notified the city council that there are liens placed on Finlandia properties by the Department of Education, which will likely slow down any sort of progress the state receiver made in selling properties. The liens make the Department …

The Houghton City Council was updated briefly on the schedule for the parking deck on Lakeshore drive. The east half is taken down slightly ahead of schedule, and the west half is expected to begin next Wednesday. The project is still projected to end at the end of July. The …

The Michigan Department of Transportation will remove the Silver River Culvert detour on M-26 at the end of the week. On Friday crews will removed the detour signage around the project site. Traffic will resume across the Silver River Bridge, in one lane with alternating traffic, for both east and …

Ahead of the big Fourth of July holiday, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department would like to remind food vendors at local festivals to pick up their temporary food service vendor license. A temporary license is required at nearly all events where organizations and individuals will serve food or drink …

Michigan Tech’s Mechatronic degree program was determined to be second best in the nation, falling only behind Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who started their own program in 2012. Michigan Tech rose above other major U.S. schools, such as John Hopkins, Purdue University, and University of Michigan Ann Arbor. See …

Houghton’s Planning Commission will create a new subcommittee focused on the city’s redevelopment sites. Three members of the planning commission Norma Veurink, Joan Suits and Ben Ciavola will join city manager Eric Waara on the subcommittee. The planning commission also approved a site plan amendment for the H3 building development, …

Finlandia’s institutional accreditor, the Higher Learning Commission, was aware of the financial troubles facing the university and placed the school in an oversight program. Two years ago, the university was notified it was no longer at risk of noncompliance. Lead Reporter David Jesse says that he does not know what …

The Houghton County Fair will be holding a one day flash sale today only for daily admission tickets and 4 day passes for the fair. Adult tickets for 4 day passes is $20, which $10 off from “at the gate” prices. The adult one day admission will be $7 for …

The City of Houghton will hold their monthly meeting to approve a right-of-way grant for Semco Energy, adjustments for the 2022/23 budget, the LDFA budget, and the purchase of a new police vehicle. Semco Energy needs to place a gas line on Huron Street that connect Montezuma Avenue and Shelden …

The Keweenaw Peninsula is well-known for its outdoor beauty and opportunities, which includes fishing. The area has been named one of the best places in the country to go fishing over the 4th of July, according to FishingBooker. FishingBooker is the largest online platform for finding and booking fishing trips …