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The Copper Country Community Arts Center in Hancock is hosting its 41st annual Poor Artists Sale on Saturday. Center Director Cynthia Cote says this year’s sale will offer the work of more than 50 artists. “We have a lot of really wonderful potters and we have rustic furniture, a lot …

Keweenaw residents this weekend will be revisiting a time when the country was divided by racial tension, that reached boiling points on a national level. Michigan Tech’s Tech Theater Company is presenting its rendition of Fires In The Mirror.     “I think the unique thing with the Crown Heights …

Houghton is known as a town where history is in the making. The city will be taking a step back into history this holiday season as they celebrate Christmas Victorian style. On December 9th from 4pm-7pm, the city of Houghton will present a Victorian Christmas with events at several locations. …

Every year, the Michigan Tech fraternity Sigma Pi puts on an impressive Haunted House. They then take the proceeds  and split the money between the Pigs N’ Heat fund and Dial Help. Members of Sigma Pi, along with the sorority Theta Chi Epsilon, presented two checks at the regular meeting …

The city of Houghton is again a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community, as named by the League of American Bicyclists. Houghton was first awarded Bronze level in 2010, and in 2013 gained Silver status which it now maintains following its re-application last summer. The national bike advocacy organization said the …

Those looking to explore Keweenaw history now have a new resource available–a computer app that guides users through their search of people, places and things from the local past. “We just launched the explore app that really lets people explore and search around what happened here, how things have changed …

HANCOCK — It’s the most watched television program in Finland every year, and this year Copper Country residents will have the chance to tune in as well. It’s the annual Presidential Independence Day Ball, which is hosted each December 6 by the President of Finland at the Presidential Palace, and …

A cooperative multi-entity task force created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting Dec. 5 in Houghton County, kicking off long-term efforts to save the important lake trout and whitefish spawning areas on Buffalo Reef from being covered with shifting stamp sands. The meeting has been …

Whether you’re a Keweenaw County resident or an occasional visitor, your input is wanted. Thursday is the deadline for the Keweenaw County Recreation Survey. This is a chance to let the county know what can be done to improve Keweenaw County recreation facilities and opportunities. A link to the survey …

Michigan Tech’s Graduate Student Government (GSG) is joining in a nationwide walkout Wednesday to support higher education and show how vital graduate students are to society. GSG President Hossein Tavakoli says the proposed federal tax plan includes a giant tax hike on graduate students. Graduate students across the country fear …