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A late winter snowstorm has left thousands in the central Upper Peninsula without power. Yesterday’s winter storm blew in strong winds and heavy wet snowfall in Marquette and Delta counties. UPPCO, the region’s largest electric utility provider, reports more than 5,000 units are without power. UPPCO’s outage map shows that …

Virginia Lambert from the Houghton Keweenaw Child Advocacy Center has been elected to a statewide board focused on child advocacy. Lambert serves the community locally as the Victim Support Program Director with the Houghton Keweenaw CAC. Last month the Board of Directors for Child Advocacy Centers of Michigan named her …

A Michigan Tech Associate Professor has been awarded the 2023 Alan Berman Research Publication Award by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Jason Harman, an associate professor with the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, and his co-authors were recently awarded the Alan Berman Research Publication Award for their work Visual …

Calumet’s Downtown Development Authority wants to foster large-scale projects for the village’s redevelopment. The Calumet DDA announced yesterday the start of a Large Scale Projects Grants Program: Fostering Community Development. The program seeks to support larger projects in the village that will have a minimum valuation of 100,000 dollars. Grant …

For a second year, Michigan Tech University will combine art with technology over four days. The Institute of Computing and Cybersystems’ Art in Silico computational exhibition explores the intersection where creativity and computing collide. During the exhibition, the institute has partnered with the Copper Country Community Arts Center to host …

Upper Peninsula Power Company urges customers to prepare for winter storm conditions. UPPCO has issued a reminder to customers in the Upper Peninsula that late winter storm patterns can and often produce high winds and accumulations of heavy and wet snow. These weather factors can impact electric grid performance. The …

Another month has gone by. That means that Feeding America will make another of the group’s 2024 trips to Ontonagon County. Earlier this year Feeding America West Michigan and Copper Shores Community Health Foundation announced that after four years of partnering together the mobile food pantry will expand the number …

Annually April represents a time to raise awareness for Sexual Assault victims. Hosted by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, each month of April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month across the country. Throughout the month Copper Shores Victims Support plans to raise awareness for victims with various events and activities. …

The region’s two invasive Buckthorn Species are two of the KISMA’s biggest concerns each mitigation season. Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area Coordinator Sigrid Resh says that the woody plant that was once used commonly in residential and municipal landscaping, out competes young native tree saplings and herbaceous species. Buckthorn also …

From around the Midwest and country visitors flock to the Keweenaw Peninsula for incredible recreation opportunities and small towns to relax in. But some visitors are out late at night chasing a different rush with the dancing colors of the aurora borealis. Starting today in Eagle Harbor is the township’s …