HOUGHTON, MI – Houghton brought together a group of community leaders in late February to make sure they understood a looming threat to the city’s finances: Walmart was asking the Michigan Tax ...

Walmart asked the Michigan Tax Tribunal in 2018 to reduce the store’s taxable value to less ... address the issue through legislation. But the Houghton case has a difference from other cases ...

(WLUC) - A longtime downtown Houghton business staple has re-opened with even more to offer customers. The full-service hockey store Center Ice Skate & Sport now has a new, larger location on East ...

In return, Walmart agreed to increase the store’s assessed value ... most exciting city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. With a population of 8,386, Houghton is home to Michigan Tech ...

Stores in Escanaba, Houghton, Ionia and Sault Ste. Marie posted on their Facebook sites about the closings, which come less than a year after Michigan's last Sears department store, in Westland ...

The City of Houghton "provided Walmart with land and other costly infrastructure to accommodate its store expansion," the press release states. "In return, Walmart agreed to increase the store’s ...