Residents in the Houghton and Hancock area will soon have a new big box grocery and retail store to choose from. Discussions have been underway for nearly a year between Meijer, Inc. and the city offices about the possibility of a Houghton Meijer location. The sale of that property was …
Read More »Heikinpäivä Festival Features Spinning & Squeaky Cheese Classes
As the push toward the midpoint of winter continues, the annual Heikinpäivä festival continues with more events this week. The Finnish-American celebration of the season features a spinning workshop and a squeaky cheese making class Monday afternoon at the Finnish-American Heritage Center. The spinning workshop is at 2pm and the …
Read More »Governor Whitmer To Visit UP In February
Upper Peninsula residents will get their first chance to meet new Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist since they were elected in November. The state leaders will be hosting a series of “Whitmer Winter Warmup” events throughout Michigan…including one on February 16th in Marquette. The event will be held …
Read More »Senator Stabenow Introduces Legislation to Lower Cost of Prescription Drugs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member on the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, introduced legislation aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Americans pay – by far – the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Already this year, prices on more than 1,000 medications have …
Read More »Iron Mountain VA Seeks Entries for National Veterans Creative Arts Festival
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 …
Read More »Armchair Gardening at the Portage Lake District Library
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 …
Read More »“Painful” Reconstruction Of US-41 Coming In 2021
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 …
Read More »Local Radio Legend Mr. Norm Koski Dies
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 …
Read More »Finlandia University announces Beihai University of Art & Design as first sister school in Asia
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 …
Read More »State Champion Calumet CopperBots Begin Building New Robot
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 …
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