Vendor booth applications are now being accepted for the 21st Annual Home for the Holidays Gift Mart. The event will be held at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, November 24th from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The annual Home for the Holidays Gift Mart is a …
Read More »Park Rangers Encouraging Kids To Visit National Parks
As the National Park Service makes itself known and available to American families, Keweenaw area fourth graders are receiving a visit from a park ranger who is extending an invitation to the students for a field trip they will taking in the upcoming spring. “Fourth Graders are selected because they …
Read More »Portage Lake District Library Director Geshel Wins Award
HOUGHTON, Michigan, October 11, 2018—Dillon Geshel, director of the Portage Lake District Library, has been awarded the Up and Comer Award for 2018 from the Michigan Library Association (MLA). Geshel will accept the award at the MLA Annual Conference in Novi, Michigan next week. The MLA’s Up and Comer Award …
Read More »Tech Forward Series Presents Alumni Panel
Innovators and entrepreneurs from across the country will gather at Michigan Technological University to share their views about the Fourth Industrial Revolution and discuss how they think it will change our work, communities, organizations and economy. They also will share how they believe Michigan Tech can best prepare graduates to …
Read More »Baraga Water Recognized For Fluoridation Quality
The water system in Baraga is one of 50 in the state to receive a national fluoridation quality award. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Oral Health Unit is recognizing these public water systems for being awarded the Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease …
Read More »UP Man Sentenced To 20 Years As A Career Drug Dealer
MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN — Derrick “Bam” Samuels was sentenced to 20 years in prison following multiple federal drug convictions for his involvement in distributing heroin in the Gwinn, Michigan area from 2008 until the spring of 2017. Samuels had two prior felony drug convictions and was determined to be a “career …
Read More »Obituary: William Lahti
October 10, 2018 Mohawk William Lahti, 91, a resident of Mohawk passed away on Wednesday October 10, 2018 at the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. He was born on March 17, 1927 in Allouez a son to the late Onnie and Esther (Erickson) Lahti. He was a veteran having served …
Read More »Obituary: Paula McKaig
Paula McKaig, 63, passed away peacefully on Oct 10th after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. The Omega House hosted her going away party, with friends and family, soft guitar music, stories, tears and a little laughter. If you received an email from Paula, her signature said …
Read More »7th Annual Lake Superior Water Festival Coming To Great Lakes Research Center
More than 700 students will visit Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center next week. The 7th Annual Lake Superior Water Festival takes place Wednesday, October 17th and includes students in grades 4-12 from ten schools in Houghton, Baraga, and Gogebic Counties. Students from the following schools will be participating: Baraga …
Read More »Local Candidate Forum Scheduled For Hancock, Oct. 19
HANCOCK–The League of Women Voters of the Copper Country (LWVCC) and the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce are convening a Candidate Forum to be held for State Senate 38th District, State Representative 110th District, Houghton County Commissioners in District 2, District 3, District 4 and District 5 (those in contested races) …
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