The Copper Harbor Trails Club’s extensive network of mountain biking trails scatter around Copper Harbor. The club regularly looks for ways to grow their trails, and has found success working with the Portage Health Foundation for many years. This past season even using a grant from the foundation to complete …

The Finnish –American Heritage Center will screen a 2002 Oscar nominated comedy tomorrow afternoon. The Man Without a Past is a Finnish comedy drama, and is the second in Aki Kaurismaki’s Finland trilogy. The other two are 1996’s Drifting Clouds, and 2006’s Lights in the Dusk. The Man Without a …

It is a snowy start to rifle season in the Keweenaw Peninsula. Hunters started this morning at 7:11 am with about three inches of snow blanketing the forest floor. Hunters’ fears that last year’s winter weather would hurt the deer herd in the in Upper Peninsula did not come to …

The Portage health foundation’s Giving Tuesday is supporting two domestic violence shelters in the region. In Baraga County the Baraga County Shelter Home supports domestic violence victims with a 24 hour hotline, their facility that offers refuge, and counseling services. President of the of Baraga County Shelter, Char Weingarten, says …

Camp Josh is new to the Portage Health Foundation’s giving Tuesday campaign. The group operates out of Ontonagon, on a 40 acre plot, and includes a fishing pond. Camp josh’s mission is to bring outdoor recreation and education opportunities to the disabled community. Even though this is their first year …

Ahmeek’s fire department has also joined in on the fun and excitement that comes with Giving Tuesday. The fire department has worked over the past few years with the portage health foundation on grant opportunities that have helped keep the department equipment up to date, and in proper working condition. …

Michigan Tech University has partnered with Nexteer Automotive on an Education Partnership Agreement. The relationship between the two groups will help Nexteer employees earn graduate certificates or a master’s degree from Michigan tech global online campus. The certificates available to Nexteer’s employees include mastering skills and meet the demands of …

John Douglas Allen was sentenced yesterday in two separate criminal cases relating to a 5 million dollar extortion plot using pipe bombs placed outside of cell phone stores in Cheyboygen and Sault Ste. Marie. The cases were separated because Cheyboygen and Sault Ste. Marie fall into different federal court districts. …

The Copper Country Habitat for Humanity. This group works to build starter homes in the area for families that need assistance. Currently the group is able to construct one home a year, mostly due to short construction seasons, and the availability of volunteers and materials. When the organization has raised …

Today we meet the first two groups participating in Giving Tuesday 2022. For many years the Barbara kettle Gundluch shelter home has provided care and salvation for domestic violence victims in the copper country. Executive Director Mary Niemala says that it has been incredible to see the generosity of the …