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The Keweenaw Community Foundation’s grant applications for the Kellogg Youth Fund will close at the end of the week. The Keweenaw Community Foundation plans to disperse 13,000 dollars in grant funds from the Kellogg Youth Fund for projects and programs in Houghton and Keweenaw counties. The Kellogg Youth Fund has …

The Nature Conservancy and Michigan Department of Natural Resources are moving forward on transitioning the Keweenaw Heartlands into the hands of state and local management. Last night the community gathered in Allouez Township to hear from TNC in Michigan Keweenaw Heartlands Project Manager Julia Petersen and MDNR Senior Lands Program …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resource will begin working on a substantial investment into parks across the state. The state will use 250 million dollars in ARPA funds to make critical infrastructure upgrades with many projects starting this spring and lasting throughout the summer. Some of the plans will cause …

Finlandia University’s biggest athletic rival will seek to avoid a similar fate. Yesterday Northland College announced intent to seek 12 million dollars in funding to keep the small private college’s doors open. The college’s board of trustees has opened a fundraising campaign to raise enough capital to keep operating before …

Houghton Portage Township School will gather the community for a final community input session tonight. The school district has been working over the past month to develop ideas for its use of space to improve the education of students in Houghton. The first session over-viewed the district’s recent growth over …

Grant Township’s clerk has resigned from her position. At a township board meeting last night, Grant Township Clerk, Stacia Lynn, informed the board of her intent to resign from her post. In a letter read before the township, Lyn expressed concerns about the working environment in the office as a …

The Upper Peninsula Construction Council awards the annual Apprentice of the Year for 2023. Over the weekend the UPCC held its annual apprentice of the year banquet at the Island resort and casino, with more than 250 people in attendance. The annual awards recognize outstanding apprentices in the construction industry …

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel visits the Upper Peninsula to address health care needs in the region. Last week MDHHS Director Hertel traveled to the Upper Peninsula to meet with members of the department’s U.P. leadership team and Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle, …

A hearing in the murder case of Theorn Duncan has been rescheduled to April. Evan Dixon, 60 years old of Houghton, has had a hearing originally scheduled for the end of this week reset for April. Dixon is charged with first-degree premeditated murder of Theron Duncan in November 2023. He …

While work progresses with logging data about the Keweenaw Heartlands, the Nature Conservancy will update the community on the project. The Nature Conservancy and Michigan Department of Natural Resources will host a brief meeting tonight to update the community and answer questions about the project. During the meeting, locals will …