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From the Copper Country Community Arts Center: There are many reminders of the rich copper mining history still present on the landscape. The Copper Country Community Arts Center’s annual Shaft community exhibition called on artists to submit art inspired by this history, not just the visible elements, but the effects …

Tomorrow evening the Michigan Tech Sustainability Demonstration House (SDH) will host an open house. Those heading to the SDH, will learn about the different project students in the home have taken on, and about simple solutions to help make your house more energy efficient. The SDH started in 2016 as …

This Saturday Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity brothers will travel around the local area and pick up food drive donations for Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly. The food drive is the largest collection event for the Hancock non-profit each year, and they hope to collect between seven and nine thousand …

Hancock’s first Make a Difference Day has been deemed a success. At last night’s council meeting, City Manager Mary Babcock reported that 60 to 80 volunteers took part in various projects. She thanked them, including volunteers from OHM, Finlandia University, Superior National Bank, the city’s Beautification Committee and Husky Helpers. …

A Hancock man who has confessed to shooting and killing his mother will be sentenced in January. Isaiah Strieter was 18 when he shot 38-year-old Ashlee Harvey to death last January. He pleaded no contest to a manslaughter charge last month, and could face up to 15 years in prison. …

From the Environmental Protection Agency: CHICAGO (November 2, 2022) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held its first meeting with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan to begin a technical assistance project funded by the American Rescue Plan. EPA and KBIC officials met to discuss risks to human health and …

This year’s Toys for Tots campaign is underway. This will be the 22nd year that the Keweenaw Detachment #1016 of the Marine Corps League has coordinated the effort in the Copper Country. It is the 75th year for the national program. Last year, more than 1,200 children received more than …

Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly will hold its fall food drive Saturday.  The Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity will go door to door collecting non-perishable food donations in Houghton, Hancock, Atlantic Mine, South Range, Dodgeville, Hurontown, Ripley, Chassell, Calumet, Laurium, Dollar Bay, Hubbell and Lake Linden. Organizers ask that you place …

As the holiday season fast approaches, the pressure to join in and partake in drinking also trends up. And for some people, taking a break from drinking can be complicated by social pressures. A new business in Calumet, seeks to show people that you can still enjoy an adult beverage, …

Preliminary identification results for a body found by Florence county sheriff in Wisconsin, suggests the Jane Doe’s remains are not Leah Harding. Earlier in the week, the Houghton county sheriff began sharing investigative reports and dental records with Florence and Dickinson County sheriff’s departments after the body of a Jane …