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With wildfire danger expected to be high or very high across the Upper Peninsula from now into next week, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources asks people to take precautions when working and playing outside. “Grass and leaves that were on the ground over the winter are very dry and …

The future home of the Angel Mission Free Store. Because of its upcoming move, the Copper Country Angel Mission in Calumet has temporarily stopped accepting donated goods. Angel Mission Free Store co-manager Mike Quello tells us they need to vacate their current location by the end of the month. They …

A mariner from Atlantic Mine had to be rescued Friday afternoon, after his boat became stranded on a sand bar. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department Marine Patrol was called out just before 6:00 to the area near the mouth of the Sturgeon River in the Portage Canal. Chassell Fire and …

In the last decade and a half online reputation is a thought at the forefront of many business owners minds. How to keep a good reputation and what to do when a customers posts about a negative experience. Today marks the return of Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce’s lunch and learn …

Upper Peninsula Michigan Works! partnered with Hancock Public Schools yesterday to host a job fair just for students. And that means juniors and seniors from Houghton and Hancock to Baraga and Calumet. Students met with recruiters in the Hancock gym to learn more about each other.  So they can set …

The Copper Country Republican Party Executive Committee has endorsed Schoolcraft Township Supervisor Joel Keranen to succeed the late Albert Koskela as District Two Houghton County Commissioner. The resolution passed on a 12-0 vote.  It describes Keranen as a “strong constitutional conservative,” a member of the National Rifle Association, and “an …

The COVID-19 rate in the region continues to rise, although levels remain quite low overall.  The latest report from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department includes 78 new cases in the five-county region. Fifty-five were in Houghton County. Keweenaw, Baraga, Ontonagon and Gogebic Counties were all in single digits. Counts …

Gogebic Community College will hold its 2022 commencement ceremony tonight. The featured speaker will be Marquise Alexander Slay. Slay is Regional Sales Manager for Oliver Companies, a hotel and commercial property management company in Duluth. He graduated from GCC in 2013, and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in …

The Seaman family has made another gift to help support the mineral museum at Michigan Tech that already bears their name. In honor of John “Jack” Seaman’s 103rd birthday, an endowment has been created to support the position of museum curator. The position will be known as the John and Phyllis …

The Month of May celebrates older Americans and their contributions to our country and communities. In 2019 Michigan started the state’s first Elder Abuse Task Force in order to protect some of the state’s most vulnerable population. Yesterday a virtual symposium was hosted by Michigan Department of Health and Human …