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The Keweenaw Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council brought together young people in the Copper Country for some holiday cheer earlier this month. During a Youth Advisory Council social event, students from the area met at the Rozsa Center for Performing Arts to watch the Charles Dickens-inspired and Jim Henson classic …

The parade, wife-carrying races, and circle dances will gather the community on Hancock’s Quincy Green next month. But until Heikipaiva returns the Copper Country will enjoy cultural enrichment activities and events before the bear rolls over. Recently Sew Cranky started the annual snowflake challenge. While using an antique hand crank …

The Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee will not approve funding that would support the Copper wood mine development in Gogebic County. Last Week the Michigan Senate appropriations committee approved 247 million dollars in state subsidies toward projects with Dow Chemical, Detroit Diesel, and the University of Michigan. The approvals did not …

Northern Michigan University will oversee a 2.5 million dollar grant program to address addiction, employment, and poverty in the Upper Peninsula. On Friday Northern Michigan University announced the college will assume oversight of a 2.5 million dollar research grant from the National Institute of Health to evaluate an intervention approach …

The Lift Bridge trail has opened, and the snowmobile season is starting in the Copper Country. At the start of every season, trail clubs work with private land owners, and the Department of Natural Resources to inform riders and visitors of trail closures, and how to Ride Right. Since the …

  Pat’s Foods donates funds to support replacing the Calumet Laurium Keweenaw Schools scoreboard.   Recently Pat’s Food donated 18,000 dollars to CLK Schools’ athletics to contribute to the Agassiz field scoreboard replacement project. Earlier in the week Incredible Bank Foundation also donated 18,000 dollars to the project. The new …

Just in time for Christmas the Keweenaw Snowmobile Club and its partners delivered a gift to the Copper Country. This morning crews from the city of Houghton delivered loads of snow under the bridge for the snowmobile club’s groomers to lay down mats and spread out the lift bridge trail. …

This story was produced by My UP News’ Rebecca Bartleme, find the story here. Police in the eastern Upper Peninsula are investigating an incident leading to a house being a total loss after a fire Tuesday afternoon. According to Michigan State Police, crews were reported to house fire before 2 …

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community receives 7.1 million dollars to support manufactured home construction. The tribe announced on Thursday that it will receive a 7.1 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement program. The funds are part of …

Around the new year is an important to time look ahead. But it’s never a bad time to look ahead to what to do in an emergency. Before February 2025’s celebration of Healthy Heart Month, the Superior Health Foundation hopes to raise 10,000 dollars to support to purchase of 30 …