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UPDATE: Name Released–61-year-old Michael Thomas Braman of Eagle Harbor was arraigned Monday in 97th District Court in Keweenaw County on nine felony charges related to a child pornography investigation. ——————————————————————————————————— A Keweenaw County man is facing multiple child porn charges. Deputies from the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 61-year-old …

Pre-1940 images of Hancock will be displayed and discussed at the Hancock School Public Library, part of a presentation by John Haeussler on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 7:00pm. It is called Fire, Miners and Elephants: Hancock in Photos and Words, 1860-1940. Contemporary accounts from newspapers and other publications pertaining …

The following press release was issued by Michigan Tech writer Mark Wilcox: High school students from throughout the country will travel throughout the Upper Peninsula during the National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI), July 14-27. Part of Michigan Technological University’s Summer Youth Programs (SYP), explorations will take the students beyond the …

Credit: Neil Harri. Dredging operations at the Grand Traverse Harbor in Houghton County are shown. Stamp sands, the gray-black beach sands, are being removed from the beach and Lake Superior. The following press release was issued by the MDNR: The Buffalo Reef Task Force has scheduled a meeting in Lake …

The following press release was issued by the MDNR: A series of deer hunting regulations aimed at slowing the spread of chronic wasting disease were approved last week by the Michigan Natural Resources Commission at its regular monthly meeting in Lansing. The action came after a thorough review of the …

UPPCO Appliance Recycling Events – Pictured above is just a fraction of the 869 appliances that have been collected during UPPCO’s 2019 Appliance Recycling program. The two collections of older, inefficient appliances thus far have eliminated enough energy consumption to power ~84 residential homes for a year. Upper Peninsula Power …

The following press release was issued by the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition (UPEC): The Torch Lake Public Action Council (TLPAC) will host the Statewide Public Advisory Council (SPAC) meeting in Houghton, Michigan on July 16th and 17th, 2019 at Michigan Technological University’s Great Lakes Research Center in Room 202.  Sessions are …

A coalition of lawmakers from the Upper Peninsula are blasting the Natural Resources Commission’s decision to wholesale ban deer baiting in parts of the Upper Peninsula in perpetuity. “I am sick and tired of downstate knuckleheads trying to outlaw our U.P way of life,” said state Rep. Beau LaFave, of …

The Michigan Department of Transportation will be conducting routine scheduled maintenance of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge this Wednesday. Cable greasing is scheduled for early in the morning.  This work will require several bridge lifts, up to 30 minutes each. These lifts are scheduled to begin after midnight Wednesday and …

Lily Ashburn reigned as Queen over the 2019 Copper Country Strawberry Festival this weekend. Ashburn is a 2019 graduate of Houghton High School, and was sponsored by the Portage Lake District Library. Peyton Gast was named First Runner-Up. She’s a 2016 Lake Linden-Hubbell High School grad, and was sponsored by …