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Spring Cleanup in the Village of Calumet will begin tomorrow. Through Memorial Day, residents may place leaves and branches at the curb for pickup by the village crew. Leaves must be bagged or covered, to keep them from blowing into the street. Branches should be cut to four feet or …

The grave of a Civil War soldier will get a long-overdue tribute today. Sgt. Hiram H. White According to Trout Creek American Legion Post 494, Hiram H. White was born in 1846 in Pennsylvania. He joined the 25th United States Colored Troop, which was formed in Pennsylvania in 1863, and …

Recent concerns about high water levels in Lake Superior are fading… Lake Superior is currently very near its long-term average, and is forecast to remain near average, or slightly below average over the next six months. That’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District Watershed Hydrology Section Chief Keith Kompoltowicz, …

Yoopers for Ukraine is hosting a night of cinema and art at the Rozsa Center on Michigan Tech’s campus next week. Organizers hope the benefit event can raise funds for a chaplain on the front line.  His team lost their emergency vehicle. The proceeds will also pay for med-packs for …

Hancock’s Police department has received a grant from the Portage Health Auxiliary. The department is getting $6,552 to replace old AED’s and needed accessories. Police respond to many medical calls, and can often times be the first on scene. AED’s are used to quickly shock the heart, after someone suffers …

Keweenaw County has approved a special use permit for the new East Bluff Campground. East Bluff plans to set up 25 primitive campsites, along with a single privy and a hand pumped well. The privy will have a 12 watt solar light to help people see at night. The county …

The latest COVID-19 surge continues to push diagnoses up in the Copper Country, although numbers remain far below where they were early this year. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports 82 new confirmed cases in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon Counties in the past week. That’s 41 …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District Board was in a hiring mode at Tuesday’s meeting.  Directors approved staff members for the Summer Program for Students with Severe Disabilities, and for Camp Nesbit. They okayed extended school year staffers for the upcoming summer, and filled a number of open staff positions.  …

As the Lake Superior fishing season opens, anglers are being asked to keep an eye out for marked splake. Splake are a hybrid cross between lake trout and brook trout. They have been stocked in Lake Superior by the Department of Natural Resources since 1971, particularly in Copper Harbor, Keweenaw …

The Copper Country Community Arts Center has issued a call for artwork based on the iconic Houghton-Hancock Bridge.  The Lift Bridge will be honored during Bridgefest this year as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. In recognition, the Arts Center plans a community exhibition of art inspired by the bridge.  …