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The Houghton Police Department was busier in 2019 than it was in 2018. Chief John Donnelly told the city council last night that total calls increased by 100 last year, to 3,253. The number of felonies dropped from 32 to 23. Misdemeanors increased by 25 to 250, and officers wrote …

A Copper Harbor man has been arrested on domestic assault charges. On January 3rd, the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Department received a complaint from a woman who said she was beaten and assaulted with a knife by her boyfriend at their residence. On Tuesday, deputies arrested 39-year-old Eric Lee Tulppo on …

Construction is proceeding on schedule and on budget at Jeffers High School. At its meeting last night, the Adams Township Board of Education heard that the new cafeteria will be ready to open in two weeks. Superintendent Tim Keteri told us that the board’s officers will stay the same this …

Water and sewer rates will be going up in Houghton. The first increase in fees in nearly seven years will cost the average residential customer an extra $4.54 cents per month on the combined water, sewer and trash bill (from $54.58 to $59.12). City manager Eric Waara said Houghton’s water …

Houghton city councilors will be getting a raise – but not right away. Their per-meeting compensation will increase by $5.00 – to $75.00 for council members, and $105.00 for the mayor. After no citizens addressed the issue at a public hearing, the commission approved the increase unanimously. It’s the first …

Houghton still has a long way to go to restore damage caused by the Father’s Day Flood in June, 2018. City Manager Eric Waara provided the city council with an update at last night’s meeting. Waara explained that two federal agencies are providing money for repairs. The Federal Highway Administration …

For the first time ever, the Michigan Lottery has contributed a billion dollars to the state school aid fund. Last year’s record contribution was $129 million larger than 2018. 26 cents of each dollar spent on the lottery goes to the school fund. The largest amount – 62 cents – …

Michigan State Police troopers from the Calumet Post are asking for the public’s help, as they investigate a break-in at a business in Sidnaw. Investigators say the Sidnaw Station on M-28 was broken into between 10:00 Tuesday evening and 8:00 Wednesday morning. An undisclosed amount of cash and merchandise was …

Two people suffered minor injuries in a crash in Ontonagon County Monday afternoon. Officials say a vehicle driven by John Nix of Hurley, Wisconsin, was traveling south on M-26 when he lost control because of some black ice. Nix’s vehicle crossed the centerline, hit a guardrail, and then struck a …

The first of this year’s Heikinpäivä events will take place tomorrow. The January Nordic Film Series feature is Sirkka: Past and Present. The new film details the life of 99-year-old Sirkka Tuomi Holm, a life-long activist and longtime contributor to the locally-produced Finnish-American Reporter. David Maki from the Reporter says …