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Tuesday, October 02, 2012  Eleven months in the Houghton County Jail is the sentence the judge gave to one of the men who stole an elderly woman's purse

Thursday, July 12, 2012  Twenty-five-year-old Robert Moilanen has been ordered to serve one year in the Houghton County Jail

Thursday, April 26, 2012  A 27-year-old work camp walk-away is now headed to court on larceny charges

Thursday, April 05, 2012  Jeremy Nordstrom was captured at a camp in Keweenaw County

Friday, March 02, 2012  Gherna receives jail time for leaving work camp

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  An inmate failed to return to work camp and is being charged with felony escape from jail

Saturday, December 10, 2011  Austin Patton, 23, was ordered to serve 60 days in the Houghton County Jail but received credit for 50 days already served

Friday, June 03, 2011  23-year-old Cyrus Aslani will serve one year in the Houghton County jail for his role in a series of home invasions last winter

Thursday, February 17, 2011  Civil Engineering Professor George Dewey is advising the Senior Design team currently exploring possibilities for expansion or relocation of the county jail

Tuesday, December 07, 2010  Will spend five additional months in jail, then two years probation

Tuesday, July 20, 2010  Keith Harri escaped from the jail at around 1:10 p.m. on Tuesday

Wednesday, July 07, 2010  Woman accused of trying to smuggle drugs into the Houghton County jail

Wednesday, February 17, 2010  The Laurium woman accused of trying to smuggle drugs into Houghton County Jail in January was arraigned in Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon.