The Portage Lake District Library is totally rad. Combining skateboarding lessons with STEM instruction, Library Director Dillon Geshel and Rabbit Island Foundation Director Andrew Ranville will be showing a new side of the popular sport. “I’ve been skating since I was a teenager, and the culture surrounding skateboarding reallyshaped who …

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department confirmed Thursday that at least six cases of COVID-19 in Houghton County were attributable to the delta variant in recent weeks. Gogebic and Marquette Counties have seen the strain as well. Chief Health Officer Kate Beer says that the delta variant changes department guidelines. …

It is the largest section of wilderness in Michigan and home to many of the state’s favorite attractions. The Porcupine Mountains consists of 60,000 acres of old growth hardwood forests, the only such left in the state. Last year the park set record for attendance and this year has been …

Calumet native David Rowe took over as the Chief Executive Officer of the MTEC SmartZone on Monday. He is hitting the ground running. Along with Jason Mack, Rowe is looking to reach out to area tinkerers and inventors. It may only be an idea at this point, but Rowe says …

The new Hancock dog park is gonna stick around awhile, at least 50 years. The City Council approved a lease at Wednesday’s meeting to use the one-acre parcel owned by David and Lisa Mattila near the Maasto Hiihto Trailhead. What the park looks like is still up in the air, …

The Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club is bringing up a prominent Michigan paleontologist for its annual Gem and Mineral Show next week. Taking place at the Houghton Elementary School, the event is set for August 13th-15th. The featured presenter is Joe Kchodl, better known as Paleo Joe. He is …

At Wednesday’s Hancock City Council meeting, Manager Mary Babcock updated the group on progress in planning a joint event being put on alongside the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce and the City of Houghton. Being billed as the Community Night Out, it will happen on Saturday, September 4th. Babcock says the …

A plea deal has been accepted by Federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the case of United States of America vs. Karl Dresch. The Calumet native agreed Wednesday to be found guilty on one misdemeanor count of Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. The maximum sentence allowable for …

Several state and federal agencies are opposed to a wind farm proposed for Adams and Stanton Townships. Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) cited concerns over potential effects on local bat populations as being the main driver in denying a permit to Circle Power. James Mihelcic from …

College students in Ann Arbor, Flint, Dearborn, East Lansing, and Detroit must be vaccinated by the beginning of the fall semester or risk being shut out of the classroom. The state’s three largest universities all made announcements this week that at least the first shot needs to be in the …