HOUGHTON – The 97th District Court, on the third floor of the Houghton County Courthouse, is undergoing extensive security upgrades and renovations. “There are more security upgrades, I want to say, because we have no security whatsoever. I know we’re a small-town courthouse and it’s basically free access,” Nickole Jollimore, court administrator and magistrate, said. “But that still doesn’t mean that things aren’t getting more dangerous as time goes on, and we’ve had hostile people come in. We’ve had threats being made to the courthouse and specifically to the district court or district court staff. We need safety.”

In October, the county posted an RFP (request for proposals) for the work to be done. According to ConstructConnect’s website, the scope of work includes selective interior de

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