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HOUGHTON, Mich. – More than 220 women of all ages learned healthy ways to build more activity into their day during Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital’s Quit the Sit event Monday. The turnout was by far the largest since Aspirus Keweenaw launched the program in May of 2016. “Today marks our one …

Never say never if you’re talking to a girls’ basketball team who is also motivated by personal experiences with cancer. The Dollar Bay girls’ basketball team pulled off a successful Pink Out fundraiser this year and was able to provide three iPads plus a $100 I Tunes card to help …

Southern Keweenaw Trails (SoKe) received a grant in 2016 for $3000 from the Herman Gundlach Endowment Fund at Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF). The group has put those funds to good use with the purchase of a trailhead map, trail intersection maps, picnic tables and grills for the trailhead recreation area …

Finlandia University Assistant Professor of History Dr. William Knoblauch has released his first book, Nuclear Freeze in a Cold War: The Reagan Administration, Cultural Activism, and the End of the Arms Race. “Academics publish books all the time, and we don’t always see them gain traction publicly,” Dr. Knoblauch said. “This book has …

A $1,000 reward is being offered to help find those responsible for damaging property on Mont Ripley Ski Hill. According to Mont Ripley’s Facebook post, vandals burned the top ramp retaining wall on the Copper lift on the weekend of May 6th and 7th. There was several thousand dollars worth of …

Work at Kestner Waterfront Park is expected to be completed in time for Bridgefest. The update was given to the Houghton City Council by City Manager Eric Waara at their regular meeting Wednesday. If the grass in some areas is not ready, Waara said they would rope those areas off …

For the original story from ABC-10, click here. The Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp is waiting for the go-ahead from the Michigan Public Service Commission to build two natural gas stations in the U.P. They held an open house Wednesday night in Marquette County to give an update. As a …

An event focused on educating the local business community about programs that are available for energy efficiency and energy conservation will be held in Houghton. Sustainable & Efficient Business Strategies will take place June 5th at the Great Lakes Research Center, from 6-8pm. Organizers say this event is designed to …

Congressman Jack Bergman says he is working with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin to make sure veterans have timely access to the care and other benefits they’ve earned. “As a Veteran of the Vietnam War, I know the obstacles that our Veterans have faced on the battlefield,” …

It’s a relatively short stretch of road with a long history of debate. White Street in Hancock is currently closed to through traffic for water main replacement, but when it reopens next month, will it allow two-way traffic? In 2014, the Hancock City Council made White Street one-way to reduce …