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Winter was rough on many area businesses that rely on the regular snowfall that drops in the Upper Great Lakes. In March Michigan was able to secure the SBA disaster loan program for more than 40 counties between the Lower and Upper Peninsula for a drought declaration on February 20th. …

A regular tradition to celebrate Earth Day each year starts with planting a tree. This year to celebrate Earth Day the Keweenaw Land Trust and Visit Keweenaw will ask for volunteers to repot over a thousand native plant seedlings. The seedlings are a part of the KLT Nursery that the …

Michigan Technological University’s spring graduates will turn the page to a new chapter after Friday. This year’s commencement ceremony will include three speakers to guide the graduates as they take their first steps. Chang Park, President and CEO of Universal Remote Control Incorporated will return to his alma mater to …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school softball today…• Hancock welcomes Gwinn. In baseball today…• Houghton travels to Ironwood.• Lake Linden-Hubbell plays at Hancock, to make up a game that was rained out Friday. The Calumet Booster Club Spring Fling Dinner/Dance/Fundraiser will be …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school softball Saturday…• Hancock split a doubleheader at Coleman, Wisconsin. The Bulldogs won the opener 6-4. Sadie Biekkola struck out five for the complete game victory. Brooke Koskela and Kaelyn Rouleau each drove in two runs. Coleman …

On this week’s Copper Country Today: Host Todd VanDyke talked with Sarah Crane and Eli McClain from the University of Michigan about the study they recently completed about tourism in the Keweenaw. Hear the discussion here. Calumet Theatre Director Nathan Jones joined host Todd VanDyke to preview some of this …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school baseball yesterday…• Houghton lost to Kingsford 10-0.• Hancock v Lake Linden-Hubbell – postponed, no make-up date announced• Ewen-Trout Creek v Ontonagon – no report In softball today…• Houghton plays at Kingsford.• Hancock journeys to Coleman, Wisconsin …

Northern Michigan University seeks students and projects for the second cohort of its Rural Leadership Fellowship Program. The university’s rural leadership program immerses students in project-based learning opportunities that support Upper Peninsula economic and community projects. Rural Leadership Fellowships focus on graduate students enrolled in NMU’s Master of Public Administration …

The first race weekend in the Copper Country will start tomorrow morning with the 2024 Sisu Shuffle. While not a directly competitive running event. Sisu Shuffle offers the first opportunity for runners and walkers to lace up their shoes and get out for the running season. This year the shuffle will make a return to …

Locals are the backbone of businesses in the Keweenaw Peninsula. No one knows that better than the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber works to promote small businesses opening their first brick-and-mortar storefront as well as welcomes regional businesses to the community. “Yeah, we’re in our fourth annual membership drive. We do it in April. It’s kind of halfway …