Local News

Construction is well underway for the new KFC building in West Houghton. A press release was announced for Glenn Flewelling, who owns and is building the new KFC building just off West Sharon Ave. across the street from Culvers. The press release mentioned the previous lawsuit filed from the land …

New information about drinking water system improvements was presented to the Hancock city council last night. 4-inch water pipes for public access to water is no longer the norm, and are outdated. The city approved an estimate submitted to the state that would give them an idea of how much …

The Nature Conservancy announced the acquisition of more than 32,000 acres last year, known as the Keweenaw Heartlands. They held public input sessions and surveys, gathering responses from locals on what they would like to see happen with the Heartlands. The draft summarizes the desired characteristics of the body that …

The Village of Laurium has been awarded a BS&A software grant. Laurium will use a 51,000 dollar grant from the state of Michigan to implement BS&A software for village bill payment, and administrative tasks. Currently Laurium uses four types of software to run administrative tasks such as bill keeping, payroll, …

Hancock will hold their now-once monthly meeting tonight. In new business, there will be the consideration of Rick White to the Board of Review with a term ending this December. The repair of the asphalt on Montezuma Avenue from Hancock St. to Quincy St. funded through a MDOT Emergency Relief …

The Village of Calumet met last night to address previous notes from other board meetings. These were all unanimously approved. Most budget approvals were tabled for the next work meeting. There were loud discussions about the village paying for the part of a sign that encourages ATV and snowmobile riders …

A group of UP high schooler’s are headed down to Washington D.C. to attend a national youth summit concerning civic issues, called Mikva Challenge National Youth Summit. America’s civic score has declined in the last few years, and 100 students nationwide are gathering in Washington D.C. to demonstrate the power …

The CLK schools are showcasing the achievements and progression of the students in a showcase in place of parent teacher conferences.  “This is the first year we’ve done this. The whole goal is to do a better job of communicating the amazing things that our staff and students are doing. …

ATV season started officially yesterday. Please keep in mind Trail 3 between Dollar Bay and Lake Linden is undergoing some serious reconstruction.  “There was a question of naturalizing the trails, which essentially is walking away from it, and we found that unacceptable, so again, we went to Kevin [Store] and …

The City of Houghton is transitioning to the use of trash and recyclables carts instead of special garbage bags beginning June 1. Waste Management will deliver 64 -gallon trash carts and 64-gallon recyclables carts to customers the last two weeks of May. Beginning June 1, they will only collect what …