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In celebration of National Library week, the Portage Lake District Library will be hosting many events through the end of the week including an evening of readings, music and story telling tomorrow. “This Friday, we will have Daniel Wolff, who is a Michigan Notable Book Author. He will be at …

Twelve students have been awarded the Portage Health Foundation Making a Difference Scholarship to Michigan Technological University. The scholarships are part of a Michigan Tech-Portage Health Foundation partnership established in 2015 to support health education. This year’s recipients have an average GPA of 3.87 and represent the breadth of health-related …

Copperwood Resources Inc. – a subsidiary of Highland Copper – has completed its winter exploration begun in February of a 1-mile section of the westernmost portion of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Exploratory drilling was conducted in this part of Gogebic County to see if the eastern extension of a mineral …

Rental licenses in Houghton will continue to be considered after a motion to put a hold on them failed to pass. The Houghton City Council considered putting a moratorium on all R1 Rental License applications at their regular meeting Wednesday. The motion was made by Councilman Buck Foltz and seconded …

Just how much snow has piled on Houghton County this year? County Highway Engineer Kevin Harju says Painesdale has tallied 275 inches as of the end of last month with Calumet buried under more than 300 inches of snow. Clearing the roads of all that powder isn’t cheap. Harju said …

The Copper Country League of Women Voters spent part Tuesday’s Equal Pay Day on the campus of Michigan Tech, passing out literature and cookies and explaining the gender pay gap to students. “Equal Pay Day is the day in 2018 that women have to work on average to make as …

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners may seek to penalize one of their own. Commissioner Scott Ala became the topic of discussion at Tuesday’s regular meeting when, for the second time in the last few months, Ala appeared by telephone. In his previous phone appearance, Ala was allowed to participate …

Hungarian Falls is one of Houghton County’s most beautiful locations–it can also be of its most dangerous. Steps are being taken to put together a high angle rescue team for when crews must respond to an accident at the falls. Emergency Measures Director Chris Van Arsdale said the team would …

Plans to build an addition to the Houghton County Jail are moving forward as is. The League of Women Voters of the Copper Country presented the feedback they received from the community during three public forums and from their online survey regarding the jail. The League contends there needs to …

The Keweenaw Mountain Lodge will be put up for auction this summer. At a special meeting of the Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners on Monday, the board decided to hold on auction of the historic lodge on July 26th. Maas Companies of Rochester, Minnesota will conduct the auction. There will …