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Although hospice cannot add days to a person’s life, it most certainly can add life to their days. Aspirus at Home hosted the annual Service of Remembrance at the Ontonagon Christian Centre earlier this month. The service honors loved ones who passed away in the compassionate care of hospice in …

Houghton Middle School 8th graders are encouraging elementary students to learn more about our ecosystem. Ten students from Sarah Geborkoff’s science class met with 3rd graders Friday at Houghton Elementary School to present them with their Eco Challenge project.   Each year as part of the Lexus Eco Challenge, students …

[Hancock, MI] As part of the Portage Health Foundation’s (PHF) “Stop the Roar of Hunger” food initiative, PHF is releasing additional funding in support of food initiatives in the four-county community (Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon). Over the past two years PHF has researched the ways in which food insecurities …

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Typically, if a Finnish citizen in the United States needs to renew his or her passport, he or she has to travel to the Consulate Office or the Embassy – either in New York, Los Angeles or Washington D.C. But on November 1-2, Finns living in the …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school volleyball tonight, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City travels to Ewen-Trout Creek. In hockey, Team Copper Country defeated Shattuck St. Mary’s 5-4 on Saturday, and skated to a 1-1 tie with the Sabres yesterday. Team CC will begin defense of …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school volleyball yesterday, Calumet claimed the title at the Houghton Invitational. The Copper Kings didn’t lose a game on their way to the finals, defeating L’Anse 25-10, 25-9… Gwinn 25-19, 25-12… Ironwood 25-7, 25-18… Dollar Bay 25-11, 25-10… …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school football last night… – West Iron County clinched the WestPAC championship with a 30-13 victory over Hancock . – Calumet kept its playoff hopes alive with a 30-22 win over the Gogebic Miners. The Copper Kings could …

Live entertainment is now underway at McArdle Theater. Michigan Tech’s Theater Company launched its first play of the season last night.   The show is entitled “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” and is the first full length play written by comedian Steve Martin. Martin wrote the play in the early …

The Calumet Art Center has been awarded a grant of $12,250 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 575 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2018 funding. These funds will …

The Upper Peninsula Power Company is asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to extend its current meter reading practices. UPPCO currently reads the meters of its customers on a bimonthly basis. During the off months, the company uses an estimate of the energy that is consumed by the customer. “We …