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Low-income homeowners faced with losing their homes because of delinquent property taxes now have some new options. Legislation signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer yesterday will enable homeowners to set up payment plans for back taxes, and reduce or eliminate interest, penalties and fees. The Pay As You Stay program is …

So… you’d already taken advantage of Michigan’s liberalized absentee voting rules… and cast your ballot in next Tuesday’s presidential primary… for Pete Buttigieg… or Amy Klobuchar… or one of the other candidates that has since dropped out of the race. Is your vote gone forever? No. You can take it …

The Republican and Democratic presidential primaries aren’t the only issues on next Tuesday’s ballot. Some Copper Country residents will be asked to approve millage requests. In Houghton County…– Duncan Township will ask for four-year renewals of its one-mill operating levy, and its two-mill fire protection levy.– Portage Township will request …

A 9-1-1 call about a suspected opioid overdose in Menominee led to the arrest of two Wisconsin residents yesterday. Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement team say they had already been investigating the alleged drug house where the incident took place. The victim was revived using NARCAN. An 18-year-old …

The George Gipp Arena has announced that its ice skating season will end on March 11th. The arena will be open for public skating Friday between 6:00 and 7:30, Saturday between 3:00 and 4:30, and Sunday from 3:00 until 4:30, and 6:30 until 8:00.

Organizers of the CopperDog 150 are celebrating another successful weekend for the popular dogsled race… Board chair Doug Harrer said sunny skies and temperatures in the 40s brought perhaps the largest crowd ever to the finish line yesterday afternoon in downtown Calumet… Harrer says preliminary figures indicate more than 2,000 …

Spring weight restrictions are now in effect on all local roads in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon Counties. Most trucks will be limited to carrying 65 percent of their normal weight limits until the ground thaws, and the roadbeds re-stabilize later this spring. Signs are not posted in the four-county …

A downstate woman was injured Friday night in a snowmobile crash in Marquette County. Sheriff’s deputies were called out around 8:30 to Trail 5 in Champion Township. They found that Traci Scull of Buchanan had been traveling north when she veered off the trail and hit a tree. She was …

The Portage Health Auxiliary is accepting grant applications. Money is available for non-profits in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon Counties. Projects must meet the auxiliary’s mission to serve the health and well-being of youth and the elderly. Applications are due by the end of the month. Forms can be picked …

Senator Gary Peters has introduced bipartisan legislation to expand career opportunities within the transportation industry. Senators from Arkansas, Colorado and Nevada, co sponsored the legislation, which aims to highlight job opportunities in the industry, to help fill existing and future job shortages. Peters said “Michigan is a hub for transportation, …