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The Parade of Nations takes a new route in 2024. Earlier this year organizers for Michigan Technological University’s Parade of Nations announced that Hancock deferred from having the parade start on Quincy Street. The change will make gathering students a little easier says Parade Coordinator Mariana Nakashima, as parade participants …

Houghton County seeks an administrator. The current administrator for Houghton County en Larson plans to step down from the role. The county will accept applications for the administrator role until October 4th. The county administrator assists the commission in executing county functions and serves as the chief fiscal and administrative …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In volleyball tonight… Houghton entertains Negaunee.   Hancock plays at Calumet. Coverage will begin around 6:10 on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3. Lake Linden-Hubbell welcomes Wakefield-Marenisco.  Jeffers hosts Ontonagon and Chassell in a triangular. Baraga plays at …

The US EPA selects a Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College department chair for the HBCU-MSI Federal Advisory Council. KBOCC Chair for the Department of Environmental Science Andrew Kozich has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency to join the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Federal Advisory …

Yoopers enjoy a wide range of music and fun. This year Yoopfest will move the music festival into the Calumet Theatre for the first time. The festival has run for three years, starting with a small group of musicians at the East Houghton Skate Park. Yoopfest Lead Organizer and Owner …

Copper Shores has begun training everyday people and first responders how to look out for an opioid overdose. Recently the group met for the first community training opportunity in Lake Linden. Outreach coordinators shared important information says youth development coordinator Callisto Cortez with a few residents.   “It’s very effective …

After a fun-filled summer, the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce is ready to get up early in the morning again with the community. Next Wednesday the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce’s Wake UP Keweenaw breakfast and presentations will return. The series will kick off its return after summer by inviting the small …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In volleyball last night… Calumet swept Marquette 3-0 (25-10, 25-22, 25-14). Maddie Torola and Jackie Kiilunen each had 11 kills. Torola added eight digs and three aces, and Kiilunen tacked on 10 digs and two aces. Abby Bjorn had …

An Ontonagon man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly downstate woman. Sixty-two-year-old Richard Filbey obtained a power of attorney for the 86-year-old victim in 2018. Prosecutors say he used that authority to transfer two annuities worth $280,000 into his name. …

The United States Army Corps of Engineers awards the 222.7 million dollar chamber lock operational contract to KAT, LLC. Recently the Army Corps of Engineers announced the Chamber Lcok operational contract has been awarded to Kokosing Alberici Traylor from Ohio. The contract will allow construction to proceed for the new …