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Northern Michigan University seeks students and projects for the second cohort of its Rural Leadership Fellowship Program. The university’s rural leadership program immerses students in project-based learning opportunities that support Upper Peninsula economic and community projects. Rural Leadership Fellowships focus on graduate students enrolled in NMU’s Master of Public Administration …

The first race weekend in the Copper Country will start tomorrow morning with the 2024 Sisu Shuffle. While not a directly competitive running event. Sisu Shuffle offers the first opportunity for runners and walkers to lace up their shoes and get out for the running season. This year the shuffle will make a return to …

Locals are the backbone of businesses in the Keweenaw Peninsula. No one knows that better than the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber works to promote small businesses opening their first brick-and-mortar storefront as well as welcomes regional businesses to the community. “Yeah, we’re in our fourth annual membership drive. We do it in April. It’s kind of halfway …

Keeping culture alive takes a lot of hard work and dedication. Even miles on the road traveling to regional cultural festivals to show off the Copper Country’s Finnish Heritage. The Kivajat Dancers are a premiere dance group from the local area that practices and shares traditional Scandinavian dances, particularly those …

Copper Shores knows how much the local community relies on dedicated first responders to keep the area safe. Recently the foundation wrapped up accepting applications for the 2024 volunteer emergency services grant program. The funding will support various requests from fire departments and first responders in Baraga Houghton and Keweenaw counties. Funding from …

Hopefully, Mother Nature doesn’t have any last-minute surprises for Hancock Central High School. Tomorrow the Special Olympics Unified Basketball game will tip off inside the high school gymnasium. The event was originally scheduled for March but was moved to tomorrow afternoon when a severe winter storm blew into the region. The Unified Basketball game enters into its fifth year …

Local Road commissions will modify load restrictions starting next week. The Copper Country’s road commission announced in a joint statement earlier this week that restrictions will be modified to allow normal load limits on paved roads, and most gravel roads throughout Baraga, Hoguhton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties. Some roads will remain restricted for the spring-thaw cycle. Please contact …

U.S. Representative Jack Bergman proposes a bill that would save the Kingsford Processing facility. This week Representative Bergman and Representative Nikki Budzinski from Illinois introduced the Protect the Postal Performance Act. The bi-partisan legislation would halt the U.S. Postal Services consolidation plans for processing and distribution centers located in underperforming …

Nothing beats the view from the top of the mountain. The roadway to Brockway Mountain Drive will officially open today. Just in time for warmer days and sunnier skies too. The Keweenaw County Road Commission announced yesterday that the department will remove the barriers blocking the roadway from both ends …

Tourism has a large economic impact throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula. Yesterday the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region and Visit Keweenaw hosted the University of Michigan Economic Growth Institute to share findings from a year-long study on the western region’s tourism industry. The study posed a questionnaire to visitors …