While students and faculty at Michigan Tech continue through the spring semester, the university has laid out plans for maintenance at the John MacInnes Ice Arena. This spring and summer the university will close the facility for overdue maintenance tasks. The renovation project will begin after spring commencement. With plans …
Read More »Moyle Real Estate Development Announces Official Purchase of the Jutila Center
Moyle Real Estate Development announced last Friday that it has officially purchased the former Jutila Center in Hancock. Moyle has begun to develop partnership plans with existing tenants that will make the building financially viable. As well as has begun to develop ideas for the community asset. Built in 1949 …
Read More »Walking Together Finding Common Ground Traveling Exhibit Debuts at KBIC Winter Pow-Wow
During the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s Traditional Winter Pow-Wow the Walking Together Finding Common Ground Traveling Exhibit debuted years of tracking down survivors for interviews and research into how the program impacted communities. The Walking Together Traveling Exhibit shares some of the local history Native American tribes endured during the …
Read More »The Bear Rolls Over in Hancock
Plenty of fun was had over the weekend throughout the Copper Country. Heikinpaiva gatherers started Saturday off filling the Tori Markets. Many local vendors offered unique items and goods for those who stopped in at the Finnish American Heritage Center and Hancock First United Methodist Church. Outside families and friends …
Read More »Artists from the Upper Peninsula Sought for Designs of the Big Annie Statue
The Big Annie Statue Committee enters into an important step toward erecting a bronze statue of Anna Klobuchar Clemenc. The Big Annie Stateu committee will begin seeking artists to commission design work for the bronze statue. Artists are encouraged to create a unique rendering of Annie that encapsulates her influence …
Read More »MTEC SmartZone’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Program Launches Inaugural Accelerator Program
MTEC SmartZone’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Program launches its inaugural accelerator program cohort. The MTEC SmartZone announced today that the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing program will start its first accelerator program cohort to aid innovators and entrepreneurs in the Upper Peninsula. The Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Program seeks to support …
Read More »Two Houghton County Fair Board Members Earn the MAFE Heritage Award from the Michigan Association of Fairs and Exhibitions
Editor’s Note: The MAFE Heritage Award was received by Houghton County Board Members Debbie and Jim WInquist. Debbie and Jim Winquist have been dedicated volunteers of the Houghton County Fair Board since 2004 when Debbie was first elected. Debbie quickly became very involved taking on roles as the board secretary …
Read More »In 2024 CopperDog 150 Will Run for the 15th Year
Organizers have been getting geared up for close to a year, and the big weekend will return to Calumet before you know it. CopperDog 2024 will enter the race’s fifteenth year running. Over the years there have been plenty of memories made by race teams, volunteers, and spectators alike. CopperDog …
Read More »The Bear Rolls Over Tomorrow in Hancock
Maybe the bear rolled over early this winter. Heikinpaiva will arrive on the streets of Hancock starting tomorrow. While many events have been taking place ahead of the festival. Tomorrow is the big day, with the parade, markets, Spiral Dance polar plunge and so much more. But before the parade …
Read More »Houghton Man Convicted of Temple Jacob Defacing
A Houghton man has been convicted of defacing Hancock’s Temple Jacob with swastikas and other offensive symbols. A jury in a federal trial held in Marquette took very little time to find 23-year-old Nathan Weeden guilty. Prosecutors said he conspired with others to paint the Jewish synagogue with racist symbols …
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