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Ed and Faye Wakeham love their little camp outside of town in the Keweenaw. But with the remoteness of the area, comes some problems for outdoorists and those that need emergency help. So the Wakeham’s decided a few months ago to work with the Houghton County Sheriff to set up a emergency phone on Little America Road in Stanton.

“This phone right here, , it says emergency on here and stuff, and down below is a sign that says “Picking up phone will dial 9-1-1 automatically. So I wont be picking it up, cause then it’d call over there. But if you pick it up, itll dial right away within three seconds it’ll go to Marquette County Central Dispatch. So if someone does use it, they don’t need to ask al kinds of questions…