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Monthly Food Pantry Visit Changes Location

The Feeding America West Michigan Mobile Food Pantry resumes its monthly visits to Houghton County today, at a new location. Distribution will take place at 2:00 at the Chapel of St. Matthew, on the Finlandia University campus in Hancock. Other than the site, the distribution will follow the usual procedure. …

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Calumet Theatre Cancels Christmas Show

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed another show at the Calumet Theatre. The December 5th “Christmas in the Keweenaw” program with Summer Brooke and the Mountain Faith Band, and the accompanying theatre member reception have been canceled. If you previously purchased tickets you may donate the money you paid to the …

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Aspirus Introduces New App

Aspirus has introduced a new app that can walk you through a COVID-19 checklist. The MyAspirus app includes a symptom checker that can tell you if you need to be tested for the coronavirus. It can also facilitate making a testing appointment, if you need one. Anyone can sign up …

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Cooper to Serve as MTU Interim VP/Dean

Joe Cooper has agreed to serve as Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Michigan Tech. Tech Today reports that he’ll take over for Bonnie Gorman, the current Vice President for Student Affairs, who will retire at the end of the year. Gorman has been at …

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Calumet Needs Help Tomorrow to Preserve Building

Help is needed tomorrow to try to shore up one of Calumet’s historic buildings. 425 Fifth Street The Village of Calumet DDA, KEDA, Main Street Calumet, and the Houghton County Land Bank are working together to stabilize the sandstone structure at 425 5th Street. Tomorrow, they hope to install support …

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Vote Concludes Today – Election Preview

The 2020 general election concludes today. Traffic at the polls is expected to be lighter than in recent elections, but that’s because 96 million Americans have already voted.  Voters will choose between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden for president. No third-party candidate has made a serious impact on …

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Regional COVID-19 Rate Surges

The number of COVID-19 diagnoses in our region took a significant jump over the past few days. The latest update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department shows 143 new confirmed positives, plus eight more probables. The increase since the last report came out Thursday night was spread across the …

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PHF Gift Boosts MTU COVID Test Lab

Michigan Tech will be able to double its COVID-19 testing capacity, thanks to a gift from the Portage Health Foundation. A new RNA extractor for the Tech lab will increase the number of tests that can be processed from 200 per day to 400 per day. An additional software package …

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Winter Parking Bans In Effect

Overnight street and municipal lot parking bans are now in effect in a number of Copper Country municipalities. The hours differ slightly. Bans in Houghton, Calumet and Laurium run from 2:00 am to 7:00 am. Hancock’s runs from 2:30 am to 7:00 am. City crews need clear access to street …

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