HANCOCK — When Anton Pintar was asked who makes some of the best povitica in the Copper Country, he confidently name-dropped himself. And during a Heikinpäivä enrichment class coming this Monday, folks will be able to find out if he was right. Pintar, with his wife Julie, will lead a …
Read More »Obituary: Erik Roy Salmela
Erik Roy Salmela passed away at his home on January 11, 2019 at age 51. He was born November 25, 1967 in Calumet, MI and grew up in Milwaukee, WI. In 1997 he moved back to the Copper country where as a child had spent many summers with his grandparents …
Read More »Portage Health Foundation 2019 Community Recreational Facility RFP
[Hancock, MI] The Portage Health Foundation (PHF) is releasing its second of three Community Recreational Facilities and Resources request for proposal (RFP). The intent of these targeted RFPs is to support projects that will have an impact on community health and wellness while addressing the systemic health needs and risk …
Read More »Obituary: Henry VerBerkmoes, Jr.
Lake Linden: Henry VerBerkmoes, Jr., 87, a resident of Lake Linden, Michigan, passed away January 15, 2019, at The Lighthouse of Hancock. Henry was born June 1, 1931 to Henry Sr. and Grace VerBerkmoes in Grand Haven, Michigan. Henry’s wife of 63 years, Vickie, preceded him in death on October …
Read More »Hancock Holding Public Hearing On Recreational Marijuana Business Opt-Out Ordinance
The city of Hancock is holding a public hearing Wednesday, January 15th to listen to comments about the proposed ordinance to opt-out of the law permitting recreational marijuana businesses. City officials state that this decision is not intended to be the city’s long-term position on recreational marijuana establishments but is …
Read More »Obituary: Hank Clow
L’Anse: Hank Clow took his final nap at his beloved Aura home on January 8, 2019 surrounded by his immediate family. He was born in Laconia, NH on September 27, 1932 to Stephen and Jean (Park) Clow. Although most of his 86 years were spent away from New Hampshire, he …
Read More »Robot Legs Help Injured Vet Back On His Feet
Looking like something out of a 1990’s science fiction movie, retired Air Force Captain and local athlete, Dean Juntunen showed his friends his latest achievement. “So right now what I’m doing is strapping myself into this exoskeleton and I tell the robot to walk and then it starts stepping and …
Read More »Michigan’s US Senators Concerned Soo Locks Money Could Be Diverted To Pay For Border Wall
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following news reports that President Trump is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to identify funds that could be used for construction of a border wall, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), co-Chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, and Gary Peters (D-MI), member of the Senate Great Lakes Task …
Read More »Lending A Helping Hand To Families In Need
This Saturday, you can use your hands to help others while holding on to a tasty pulled pork sandwich. Helping Hands of the Keweenaw will be holding a soup and pulled pork sandwich fundraiser at the Horizons School in Mohawk from 11am to 2pm. Volunteer Toni Waara says the organization …
Read More »DNR announces $100,000 available in UP deer habitat improvement grants
Over the last decade, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has invested over $630,000 of hunting license sales revenue to enhance deer habitat on private lands in the Upper Peninsula. That significant investment has been made through the Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative, a competitive grant program offered through the …
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