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Houghton has set a public hearing date for a commercial rehabilitation district for a property on Sheldon Avenue. The city was recently approached by the owners of the former Kirkish Furniture building, at 109 Sheldon Avenue, about moving forward on a rehabilitation project for the building. Houghton has not received …

Houghton residents might notice that the city has begun to prepare for spring and summer with various projects, parks, and murals returning to downtown. City Manager Eric Waara says that the public works department will begin to open the parks for spring recreation after post-winter inspections. As well as begin …

Organizers are excited to announce registration has opened for the Thatcher Markham Memorial Run 5 K taking place Bridgefest weekend. The memorial remembers Thatcher Markham, the only death recorded during the 2018 Father’s Day Flood. In his memory and at the request of his family, proceeds raised during the event …

Two Nigerian men charged in a sextortion plot that led to the suicide of a Marquette teenager have pleaded guilty. In U.S. District Court Wednesday, 22-year-old Samuel Ogoshi and 20-year-old Samson Ogoshi, from Lagos, each entered guilty pleas on a single charge of conspiracy to exploit teenage boys. The crime …

MTEC SmartZone announces the six companies participating in the inaugural cohort of the AMMP Accelerator program. The Advanced Material and Manufacturing Program supports the early-stage development of companies focused on either advanced materials or manufacturing sectors. The programs foster innovation, and job creation, and position the Keweenaw as a leading …

Mobility and Electrification, MDOT will look to support quick build projects led by cities and transit authorities to improve user safety, and mobility and support place-making efforts. The program will seek to make communities more walk-able, bike-able, and transit more micro-mobility-friendly. To help city leaders understand how the program can …

An old saying in Michigan says if you don’t like the weather wait five minutes. The factors that create each day’s weather patterns are influenced by interactions between the oceans, Earth’s diverse landscapes, solar radiation, and motion in space. Starting tomorrow the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge will host the annual Dark …

Four western Upper Peninsula communities will receive a portion of 2.8 million dollars in state infrastructure grants for Financially Distressed Cities Villages and Townships. Yesterday the treasurer’s office announced that it has awarded 2.8 million dollars to 13 communities throughout the state to support projects services and strategies for public …

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation plans to launch the Copper Shores Sexual Assault Hotline later this spring. The launch of the Sexual Assault Hotline will overlap with the end of the general crisis hotline, which the foundation took over from Dial Help after three local non-profit organizations merged to become …

Property values have risen in Baraga County.  At last night’s Board of Commissioners meeting, Equalization Director Pat Osterman reported that real property values in this year’s Equalization Report came in at $438,288,352. That’s nearly $60 million higher than last year, although Osterman noted that some of the increase is because …