Ontonagon News

The five being charged are Brian Swift, Chad LaVallie, Ryan Bruns, Joel Westrom and Mike Gokey.

Houghton County businesses are speaking out following the Department of Transportation'sA surprising final decision on its Essential Air Service program at Houghton County Airport.

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 6:47 a.m. Michigan's first couple says they've learned new ways to cope since Jennifer Granholm became governor and Dan Mulhern took on more child-rearing duties.

Major funding for Michigan and the Great Lakes was announcedA Thursday by Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow.

Unemployment went up more than eight percentage points in St. Clair and Macomb counties between the second quarter of 2008 and the second quarter of 2009, the Michigan League for Human Services' Economic Security Bulletin reported Wednesday.

There were many issues discussedA at the Natural Resources Commission meeting, held in Ontonagon on Thursday afternoon.

We all at some point in time deal with back pain. For people who have Degenerative Disc Disease, the pain in the lower back can cause serious problems.

FOX UP is pleased to announce that the station has been added to the lower tier on Charter Cable.

The case against an Ontonagon man is moving ahead, despite his first trial being thrown out.

TheA state D.N.R. Director, Rebecca Humphries, will have a busy week, with a Natural Resources Commission meeting on Thursday and tours of state facilities, like the Marquette Fish Hatchery.

An energy and water bill that contains nearly $31 million for northern Michigan has passed theA US House.

It's the season for vermillion and gold. Michigan has so much great fall color, all you really have to do is go outside and point your camera.

In an August 2002 photo, anti-abortion activist Jim Pouillon, left, has a heated discussion with a Planned Parenthood employee in Owosso, Mich.

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.

The Concerned Citizens of the Upper Peninsula A did their best to voice their concern this afternoon in Houghton.

The streets of downtown Ontonagon were a lot different this Labor Day than last year.

A huge fire last Labor Day weekend devastated parts of downtown Ontonagon. A year later, the village has picked up the pieces, but is still working to put the area back together.

Ontonagon County is no stranger to the hardships brought on by a flailing economy, and neither are its life-long residents.

Two Ontonagon residents are recovering after a head-on crash. The accident happened late Wednesday afternoon on M-64. State Police say 16-year-old Matthew Lefebvre was trying to turn into the M-64 Mobil parking lot.

Parts of Ontonagon County will soon have a new ambulance service. The county's northern five townships--Ontonagon, Rockland, Greenland, Carp Lake and Bohemia--risked losing ambulance service altogether when Beacon Ambulance announced they'd stop serving the area, but the community pulled together and found an answer.