HOUGHTON — The Houghton County Board on Tuesday approved funding for one year to initiate a childcare program that has been discussed for several months. At the regular December Board meeting on Tuesday, Iola Brubaker, head of the Copper Country Great Start Collaborative, gave a ...

LANSING — A former communications director for the Michigan GOP testified Thursday that he believes an attorney for then-President Donald Trump’s campaign “took advantage” of some of the 15 Republicans who face forgery and another charges for allegedly serving as false ...

CALUMET — The State Historic Preservation Office has authorized the village to begin working with a local contractor to move ahead with installing a new heating system in the Village Hall building, which includes the Calumet Theatre. “The contractor was in here two weeks ago to measure ...

QUINNESEC — Quinnesec resident Michael Day has been appointed to the Breitung Township Board. Town trustees Monday chose Day for the vacant seat created when Rich Wales resigned at the Nov. 6 meeting. Day, 75, is a 40-year veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, where he held the rank of chief ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan bill that would dramatically change how Wisconsin residents choose congressional candidates by asking them to rank their top choices instead of voting for one of two candidates had its first public hearing in the state Legislature on Tuesday. The hearing ...

ESCANABA –Toys for Tots, a nonprofit public charity directed by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, has been collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in less fortunate homes since 1947. This year’s collections are underway, with the local chapter servicing Delta and Menominee counties. In ...