HOUGHTON — With positions to fill in the police department, the Houghton City Council approved the sponsorship of two cadets to police academy at its meeting Wednesday. The police department is applying for a $24,000 grant from the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards that would ...

HOUGHTON — Houghton Elementary School kids got the rock-star treatment Thursday during the annual Rock Your School event. As kids arrived Thursday morning, they were welcomed by live music by local musicians. Inside, a red carpet led them to an arch of balloons. The PTO began organizing ...

By Journal Staff MARQUETTE —The Lake Community Partnership helped Coborn’s Inc. celebrated the grand re-opening of the Marquette Tadych’s Marketplace with a ribbon cutting recently. Coborn’s Inc. is the parent company of the marketplace, which is located at 1401 O’Dovero Dr., in ...

By MARGUERITE LANTHIER The Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Gymnasiums in the Izzo-Mariucci Building and Central Middle School will get a facelift thanks to some recent donations. Iron Mountain Public Schools received a $100,000 gift from the Iron Mountain-Kingsford Community Schools and ...

By ILSA MINOR Daily Press ESCANABA — Prosecutor Lauren Wickman raised concerns Tuesday that the Delta County Board of Commissioners had opened the county up to litigation and were out of compliance with state law following actions taken by the board last month. “I’m providing this ...

By DAN YOUNG Daily Press ESCANABA — On Saturday, October 14 if skies are clear, a partial eclipse of the sun will be visible in Escanaba. Beginning at 11:40 am EDT the moon will pass between the Earth and sun covering about 35% of the solar disc at maximum at 12:56 p.m. This partial ...