Chris Palmer has been named the new director of the Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment. MI-TRALE recently held its annual board elections during a January meeting to decide on five positions. Previous Director Jon Fourez was elected to Vice president. Additionally, previous directors Jim Fooce …

Youth hockey in the Calumet Laurium Keweenaw area has one day left to apply for a 5,000 dollar grant with the Keweenaw Community Foundation. The CLK Youth Hockey fund will support the continued tradition of hockey for kids in the local area in honor of Joel Tuoriniemi. He was a …

The FBI Detroit Field Office warns parents across the state about the dangers associated online that may lead to sextortion. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s office in Detroit announced yesterday that sextortion cases targeting Michigan children are on the rise, and it is to provide parents, educators, caregivers, and children …

A Laurium couple was arrested by Michigan State Police for possession of child sexual abuse material. The MSP Computer Crimes Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force announced yesterday the recent arrest of William Nicholas Horner, 43, and Stacey Jean Horner, 42, of Laurium, for possession of sexual abuse …

Two years ago Copper Shores visited Chassell, and last year the foundation moved the fun to L’Anse. But in 2024 the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation will travel a little further north to Ahmeek for this summer’s third annual community-wide picnic. This summer the foundation plans to set up its …

Ontonagon County sheriff deputies are investigating the cause of a fatal traffic accident that occurred last Thursday in Ewen. At 8:35 pm on January 18th, the Ontonagon County Sheriff responded to a call of a head-on-head collision between a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle on M-28 east of Ewen. The …

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority announces the launch of the Tribal Nations Housing Development Assistance Program. Late last week MSHDA announced the start of a new housing assistance program designed to build upon the existing tribal nation’s housing capacity and provide resources to support needs to develop affordable housing …

UP Health Systems will implement a visitor restriction starting today. Due to a rise in respiratory illnesses such as Covid, Influenza and RSV cases in the community effective today UP health systems will begin visitor restrictions for all inpatient units at all hospital facilities. Visitors who are ill with a …

The Houghton County prosecutor’s office has hired two new assistant prosecutors. Houghton County prosecutor Dan Helmer announced last Friday he has hired Hilary Baker, and Alex Berger to join his office. One of Helmer’s first priorities when taking on duties to Houghton County’s court late last year included hiring additional …

The Keweenaw National Historic Park Advisory Commission wants to help the community preserve historic interpretation opportunities. The park’s advisory commission has begun to accept applications for the 2024 Keweenaw Heritage Grant program. Grant funds awarded through the program help local partners preserve and interpret resources related to the region’s history …