The residents of Hancock will be cleaning up their city over the next couple days. Spring Cleanup is being held today and tomorrow, allowing residents to bring debris to the Public Works Garage each day between 9am and 6pm. The DPW storage site will have restricted access and the site …

HOUGHTON, Mich. – Sitting ducks are an easy target for a many serious health conditions. Health experts are even saying, “Sitting is the new smoking.” Aspirus Keweenaw invites all ladies to Quit the Sit, another fun, festive and FREE Aspiring Women event in Houghton on Monday, May 22. The event …

Chassell Township will be holding a Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Monday at the Chassell Fire Hall regarding the Dangerous Building and Civil Infraction Ordinances. Ordinances can be reviewed at Chassell.net under Township Documents. Input from Chassell residents is encouraged and welcomed. Following the hearing the Chassell Township Planning …

Volunteers are needed to help with spring clean-up at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge this Saturday from 9:00am until 1:00pm. If you’d like to help out and give back to the community, the only qualification is your desire to see the historic Keweenaw Mountain Lodge cleaned up and ready to open …

Experienced sawyers with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources are heading to Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park to help clean up significant tree fall from a recent late season snow and ice storm. Over April 26-27, higher elevations at the park received up to an inch of ice, which was …

The Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office is offering a free Michigan ORV Safety Course. The eight hour safety class runs from 9am to 5pm on Saturday May 20th at the Calumet-Keweenaw Sportsman Clubhouse on Phoenix Farms Road in Phoenix. Class size is limited to 30 students and participants are asked to …

It’s time again for the annual National Bike Challenge, a free nationwide event that promotes recreational and transportation bicycling through friendly competition between riders on local, state, and national levels. The challenge starts May 1 and runs through September 30, and is hosted in Houghton and Keweenaw counties by local …

Sit back, have a nice cup of coffee and talk to members of your local law enforcement. That’s the idea behind Coffee with a Cop, being hosted Friday by the Michigan State Police Calumet Post. The event will be held at McDonald’s in Houghton from 11am to 1pm. In addition to …

Students of Houghton-Portage Township Schools will be able to enjoy some important upgrades in the near future. That’s because voters passed a $10.9 million bond proposal on Tuesday, bringing an end to a multi-year process. Klingbeil-050417-1 Houghton-Portage Twp Schools Superintendent Doreen Klingbeil said, “We started four or five years ago, …

Dial Help is there 24-7 when a person is experiencing a crisis and needs someone to talk to–simply call their hotline, text or go online. Now they can bring their crisis counseling services directly to you. Dial Help launched their Mobile Response Team in March to provide on-site crisis support …