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Another area group taking part in Giving Tuesday’s national cause includes the Isle Royale And Keweenaw Parks Association. In partnership with the National Park Service, the IRKPA will accept donations to support its mission of supporting educational, scientific, historical, and interpretive activities. For 80 years the IRKPA has supported visitors …

During November to celebrate Giving Tuesday students at Houghton Portage Township Schools are supporting local non-profits. The Houghton High School student council and Interact clubs will host their first-ever giving Tuesday event titled Gremsgiving. During the month students have been encouraged to collect items for various non-profits and fundraisers in …

BHK Child Development Giving Tuesday next week will raise funds to provide car seats to Copper County families in need. Car and booster seats for children are not only a convenience but are necessary to protect life in the case of an accident. According to data from the National Highway …

In one week giving Tuesday will take place across the nation. And right here in the copper country. Already excitement and buzz have been building, as the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation prepares for Giving Tuesday with 30 local non-profits. “We’re at 462 donations processed already. That’s more than $130,000 …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school hockey tonight…• Houghton entertains Marquette. Coverage will begin at 6:40 on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.• Jeffers skates at Negaunee. Calumet setter Laina Kariniemi has been named to the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches …

The Keweenaw Family Resource Center first partnered with Copper Shores Giving Tuesday as a part of the day’s initial group of non-profits. KFRC Executive Director Iola Brubaker says that across those years it has been incredible to work with the foundation and see the support from the community. Adding that …

A year ago Bridging Gaps Child Care opened its child care center. Bridging gaps childcare runs out of the Glad Tiding’s Church in Hancock, and is centrally located for the area, being near the hospital, school district, and nearby neighborhoods. Board president Whitney Brey, says that the past year has …

Around the country on Thanksgiving millions of Americans will wake up early to take off a few extra calories before dinner time. Turkey trots are found around the country, getting communities up and out the door for a little exercise on Thanksgiving. And just like those other cities, a turkey …

After a long successful career Michigan Tech’s Vice President for Research and Professor of Forest Biometrics, Dave Reed will retire at the end of the school year. Reed will end a 41-year career in higher education. Reed became the university’s vice president for research in 2001 and continues teaching within …

More than 140 soldiers returned home. Over the weekend the Michigan Army National Guard’s 107th Engineer Battalion returned home, flying into Sawyer International Airport. The battalion had been deployed in Southwest Asia for the past ten months, as a part of Operation Spartan Shield. The men and women of the …