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IRON MOUNTAIN – The Iron Mountain Veterans Affairs Medical Center is seeking entries in visual arts, creative writing, and performing arts by Veterans for the local Veterans Creative Arts Festival being held March 8, 2019, in Iron Mountain with a chance to attend the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, October …

The Keweenaw Garden Club will host the special event, Armchair Gardening: Lightning Talks and Social at the Portage Lake District Library on Monday, January 21 at 6:30pm. This is the time of year when many gardeners engage in armchair gardening, which entails curling up with a cup of tea and …

The Michigan Department of Transportation held a public meeting at the Houghton City Center last night where residents voiced their concerns and made suggestions that will be taken into consideration for a major reconstruction project that will take place on US-41. Our little town is growing up. And with that …

A Copper Country radio legend whose career spanned five decades has died. Norman Koski, known to everyone as Mr. Norm, passed away Wednesday evening at the age of 80. A graduate of Calumet High School, Koski got his start in local radio in 1956 at WMPL in Hancock and worked …

Finlandia University is proud to announce further growth to an already fruitful relationship with Beihai College of Arts and Design in Beihai China. “It began with a phone call,” said Denise Vandeville, Dean of the International School of Art & Design. “A professor from Beihai was interested in coming to Finlandia, we …

The CopperBots of Calumet are ready to defend their state championship as the 2019 build season gets underway. The robotics team from Calumet High School has made it to the state championships at the First Robotics Competition three straight years and have been to the World’s Competition twice.  They were …

A memorial benefit concert is being held Friday evening, January 11th, in honor of the late Ken Steiner, who passed away at the age of 66 on New Year’s Day 2017 following complications resulting from heart surgery. Steiner had two great passions—cooking and playing music. He was also a longtime …

The city of Houghton will consider a wait-and-see approach when it comes to allowing recreational marijuana businesses within the city limits. Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved the legalization of the use, possession, and growing of recreational marijuana in November, but individual municipalities can decide to opt-out of allowing businesses to sell …

Wednesday was National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, which made it an appropriate day for the Houghton Chief of Police to give his 2018 report to the city council. Chief John Donnelly said the department answered 3,117 calls for service during the year, which led to 32 felony arrests and 227 …

What does employee tracking software have in common with iconic Upper Peninsula art?   The answer is coffee—a million cups of it to be exact. The January 1 Million Cups meeting was held Wednesday, where business professionals offered their input and expertise to up-and-comers in the local marketplace.  Speakers discussed productivity …