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Who has the best pasties in the Copper Country? For the second year in a row, Suomi Restaurant was voted the Pasty Fest Winner on Saturday in Calumet. The 100 voting kits were sold out by 12:30pm as people cast their votes for either Suomi, Connie’s Kitchen, Mohawk Superette or …

State Representative Scott Dianda is calling on Governor Rick Snyder to reverse the decision to close the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Gogebic County. The announcement to close the prison came last week but Dianda says that will cause hardship for communities, workers and their families. Dianda said local residents will …

One woman is dead after a three vehicle accident on Friday afternoon in Duncan Township. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post responded to the scene around 1:45 on M-28, about two miles west of Sidnaw. Police say a 2000 Honda Accord driven by 72 year-old Roberta Vizina of …

The Houghton County Road Commission issued this Flood Recovery Update on Friday, August 17, 2018. The Houghton County Road Commission (HCRC) would like to thank everyone for their patience as we recover and continue to repair the roads damaged by the flood. This week we met with the Federal Highway …

When exchange students from other countries come to the Keweenaw to study, host families are needed to make sure they get meals and transportation to school functions. While the deadline for September students has now passed, host families and schools are needed for the next group of students coming in …

Help is being made available to assist the Upper Peninsula’s aging LGBT community. SAGE Metro Detroit, in partnership with the ACLU of Michigan, received a grant of nearly $400,000 from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to launch a statewide LGBT and Aging Initiative in the state of Michigan. The program …

Many Keweenaw residents got a rare opportunity yesterday as they attended a birthday party—for a boat. The Ranger III, which provides passenger ferry and cargo service to and from Isle Royale National Park, is celebrating 60 years of service, and held open tours showing some of the vessels features to …

The bodies of a couple that were lost when their plane went done in the Upper Peninsula over two decades ago have now been recovered. Mark and Janet Davies of Howell were reported missing on September 14, 1997 when their Piper PA-28 airplane crashed in the Hiawatha National Forest. The …

The Friends of the Huron Mountains have filed for an injunction concerning the company proposing the Summit Lake Wind Project in Baraga County. The injunction was filed Thursday in Baraga County Circuit Court and seeks the enforcement of local ordinances in L’Anse Township. The controversial wind farm project has been …

Michigan’s two US Senators are joining the call to ask President Trump to step in and help families affected by the June flood. In a letter by Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, the President was urged to approve Governor Rick Snyder’s appeal of Individual Assistance for families affected by …