The fourth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration at Finlandia University will get started Sunday night at 5 p.m. with a brief worship service, continue with the annual day of service and community meal Monday, and conclude on Thursday with the film “When We Were Kings.” On Sunday as …
Read More »Bergman Co-Sponsors Pay Our Coast Guard Act
Washington – Congressman Jack Bergman has announced his support of a bipartisan bill to pay U.S. Coast Guard members during the partial government shutdown. H.R. 367, the Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2019, would provide all pay and benefits for members of the Coast Guard as well as …
Read More »Calumet Man Arrested For Drugs & Weapons
On Friday, January 18th 2019, detectives from Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) executed a search warrant at a residence on Pine St in the Village of Calumet. The search warrant was the result of a two-month long investigation into the illegal selling of prescription drugs and the attempted solicitation …
Read More »Obituary: Bonnie Jean (Champion) Kukkonen
Hancock A Memorial Service for Bonnie (Phillip) Kukkonen, a resident of Hancock, who passed away this past winter while in Bali, will be held 11:00 am Saturday, June 29, 2019, at Grace United Methodist Church of Houghton, with Rev. Phillip Johnson to officiate. Burial will be in the lake side …
Read More »Governor Whitmer declares January 2019 Radon Action Month
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared January 2019 to be Radon Action Month in Michigan, and she is encouraging all Michigan residents to learn more about this environmental hazard and test their homes. You cannot see, smell, or taste radon, and there are no short-term side effects to alert you that it …
Read More »Obituary: James McKinstry
James McKinstry, 53, a resident of Laurium passed away following a short illness on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at the Omega House in Houghton. He was born on April 23, 1965 to Paul and Mavis (Wickstrom) McKinstry in Laurium. He attended the local schools and graduated from Calumet High School …
Read More »Country Music’s Carly Pearce To Headline U.P. State Fair Grandstand
[Escanaba, Michigan – January 18, 2019] – CARLY PEARCE, the new voice of country, takes the stage at the U.P. State Fair on Monday, August 12. Carly Pearce is a 27 year old who grew up in a small town in Kentucky. At the young age of 11, Pearce fronted …
Read More »MDEQ Grants Highland Copper Permits For Copperwood Mine
Highland Copper Company has received the mining, air and dam safety permits from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for its Copperwood Project at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. A requested amendment to the original mining permit that was granted in 2012 was also approved by the DEQ, allowing …
Read More »Governor Whitmer Demands Answers, Action for Unpaid Federal Workers
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is joining the governors from Washington and New York in demanding action from the Trump administration for unpaid federal workers. The concern is over the state’s ability to make unemployment benefits to federal workers who have remained on the job during the partial government shutdown. “As governors …
Read More »Spring Semester Of Language Instruction To Begin In February
Whether you don’t even know how to pronounce “sauna,” or if you used to have full conversations with your Finnish immigrant grandmother, the Finnish American Heritage Center (FAHC) has just the class for you this semester. The FAHC is offering three levels of Finnish language this term, all of which are led …
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