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You’re invited to join Calumet’s Class of 2020 during their honorary parade, this Friday at 6pm. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school year was cut short, and all K-12 schools in Michigan were shut down in mid-March. The parade is a great opportunity to come together and show our …

Running The Thatcher Markham Memorial Run has been postponed. The run debuted last summer, as part of Bridgefest. When this year’s Bridgefest celebration was canceled, organizers hoped that they might still be able to hold the event as scheduled on June 19th. Now, despite an easing of COVID-19 restrictions, they …

Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order, allowing sector’s of the economy in the U.P. and parts of the northern Lower Peninsula to begin reopening this Friday, was welcomed by many in the area. However, State Senator Ed McBroom was not one of them. Restaurants and bars can open at half regular seating …

The Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance is working with Main Street Calumet, to prepare an application for $50,000 of funding from Michigan’s Economic Development Corporation. The funds, if awarded, can be disbursed to businesses in the Village of Calumet’s Downtown Development Authority, negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible businesses must …

Chassell native Erik Kiilunen, who founded the “All Business is Essential” campaign met with some high profile people in Owosso yesterday. Kiilunun was joined by Shelly Luther, the salon owner from Dallas who was jailed for reopening her salon, and 77-year old Karl Manke from Owosso, who recently had his …

Hancock’s high school graduation ceremony is scheduled for May 30th. That’s on the condition that Governor Whitmer’s “Stay Home Stay Safe” Executive Order is lifted on the 28th. If the order is extended by two weeks, the ceremony would take place on June 13th. Hancock’s Board of Education is also …

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department has begun contact tracing for the latest positive case, out of Gogebic County. The elderly patient has recently returned from an urban area. Kate Beer Health Officer for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. To date, the Western Upper Peninsula has had 1204 people …

Finlandia The Finlandia University men’s soccer team has added a new defender. Ronald Kelly played at Westfield High School in Houston. MLB Major League Baseball owners yesterday approved a formal proposal that would open training camps next month, and begin play around Independence Day. The plan will be presented to …

The Upper Peninsula will begin to re-open for business for the Memorial Day weekend. This afternoon, Governor Gretchen Whitmer indicated that a partial resumption in business activities can begin Friday in the U.P., and a portion of the northern Lower Peninsula. The new order will cover retail establishments, and office …

The Hancock Public Schools Board of Education holds their monthly meeting today at 5:30pm. The meeting is being held electronically. Items on the agenda include an update on the high school graduation, planning for the return in the Fall and voting to approve the budget for the 2021 school year. …