Hancock News

OneA day afterA Tuesday's election, Iron Mountain Mayor Jeff Vanlaanen and Councilman Dan Burke resigned effective immediately.

Officials say grants like the Small Business Innovation Research Grant can really help boost business.A A Calumet man charged in fatal arson By Ashley Palumbo Monday, November 02, 2009 at 5:44 PM The arrest came just over a week after the State Fire Marshal returned his official report to the Hancock Police.

AA Calumet man was arraigned in Houghton County District CourtA Monday morning on arson charges.

A man has been charged with setting fire to an apartment building in July in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, killing four people.

Police say they've arrested a suspect believed to be responsible for the deadly apartment fire in Downtown Hancock three months ago.

Some Hancock County property owners are speaking out against the Board of Education's plan to raise taxes.

Lindsey Elizabeth Johnson, Houghton, Mich., and Steven Clayton Conley, Paris, Texas, were married Sept.

A bargain hatched by two school administrators over lunch will give a private Michigan university space to grow and local students a significant perk if they attend their hometown college.

HANCOCK, Mich. - North Wind Books is marking its 10th anniversary as part of Finlandia University in Hancock with a weeklong celebration, topped by a party.

Here's a look at what we're working on for tonight's news. Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 1:14 p.m. Michigan lawmakers have voted to let bars stay open later if they pay a $1,500 fee to the state.A It's a new way Michigan is looking to raise money for programs that might otherwise be on the chopping block.A Tonight, Houghton Hancock Bureau reporter ...

Some people hop from one religion to another as if they were sampling from a buffet.

Frequent fliers of the Houghton County Airport made their preference of air service provider perfectly clear at a special airport meeting heldA Wednesday night.

The 20th Annual Parade of Nations and Multicultural Festival held in Houghton County was a feast of international flavors for the eyes and the stomach.

The pretrial hearing scheduled for a Hancock man accused of giving another man oxycodone, causing his death, didn't happen Friday.

A bargain hatched by two school administrators over lunch will give a private Michigan university space to grow and local students a significant perk if they attend their hometown college.

Here's a look at what we're working on for tonight's news. Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Portage Township residents have been given an update on a quarry which has raised quite a few questions.

A bargain hatched by two school administrators over lunch will give a private Michigan university space to grow and local students a significant perk if they attend their hometown college.

HANCOCK, Mich. - Finlandia University has started offering two-year degree programs in medical assistance and radiography starting this semester.

Posted on Monday, September 07, 2009 at 7:40 p.m. "Concerned Citizens" of the U.P. hold rally The Concerned Citizens of the Upper Peninsula A did their best to voice their concern this afternoon in Houghton.

COPPER HARBOR -- A mansion. A museum. A mine. A menu. A metal artist. They are echoes of the days when copper was king, legacies of the rich mining history of the Keweenaw Peninsula.