Pigs-n-Heat returns tomorrow night, to pit the police departments and firefighters against each other, all for a good cause. The Pigs-n-Heat fund helps residents in Houghton and Keweenaw counties who are victims of fires or serious accidents, by providing some money toward basic necessities or travel expenses. The Pigs N …

Michigan’s state house advanced Representative Greg Markkanen’s resolution seeking to re establish Michigan’s lower peninsula wolf population, using existing wolves from the Upper Peninsula, to committee. Representative Markkanen included in his statement on the resolution advancing that he often hears from lower peninsula residents express their support of wolves in …

Three copper country towns, 150 miles and hundreds of dogs are ready to get started. Every year copper dog returns to Calumet for the traditional Friday start. Copper Harbor will often see many visitors on Saturday for the CopperDog’s short races. While Eagle Harbor quietly keeps the race together with …

Construction on the H-STEM complex at Michigan Tech is still on track to have the building open in early 2024. Recent weather has delayed concrete pouring. The facility’s wall framing, and electrical rough-in work continues, as well as the structural fireproofing that will start after the concrete is poured this …

Finlandia University’s Finnish American Heritage Center’s Nordic Film series picks back up tomorrow afternoon with a screening of The Cuckoo. The 2003 Finnish Comedy Drama, is a war time film set during world war two in a northern Finnish farmhouse. The Cuckoo takes on the opposing perspectives of a Finnish …

Unseasonably warm weather has caused snowmobile clubs to use more caution when determining if they will send out crews to groom trails each day. The warm temperatures and sunshine yesterday, forced the Keweenaw Snowmobile Club to hold their trail groomers back, with plans to reassess the situations in morning, today. …

Finnish comedy sensation, ISMO, will visit a little piece of Finland in the United States this weekend. ISMO, displays insightful, observational Finnish comedy, and will take to the stage at Hirovonen hall, in Hancock, as a part of his Watch Your Language tour. Finlandia University Executive Assistant to the President, …

One person was injured after driving into a home in the village of Ontonagon on Saturday. At close to 3:30 pm Saturday, the Ontonagon county sheriff responded to a vehicular accident at 701 Prehnite Street in Ontonagon. The 29 year-old Chillicothe, Ohio driver was traveling north on Chippewa Street and …

The country’s largest collection of Finnish war materials, memorabilia and artifacts will re open to the public soon. The Price of Freedom Museum Jutilia Center took a short hiatus for mid winter festivities and the holidays, but will re open next Monday. Housed on the sixth floor of the Jutilia …

One man was seriously injured last night in an accident with a parked vehicle. At 9:05 last night the Hancock Police Department responded to a personal injury accident near Gino’s Restaurant on Quincy street. A 53 year-old man was traveling west on Quincy Street on an ATV vehicle when he …