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LANSING —State Rep. John Kivela (D-Marquette), the Democratic vice chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, thanked committee members today for unanimously supporting his bill addressing Chronic Wasting Disease and sending the bill to the full House for consideration. Kivela was joined at last week’s committee meeting by guests from …

State Representative Scott Dianda is supporting a resolution to urge the President and Congress to fund and build a new Soo lock in Sault Ste. Marie. Only one of the four locks, the Poe Lock, is big enough to handle the modern ships that carry iron ore, coal, grain and …

The City of Hancock is collaborating with Superior AmeriCorps to restore a valued community beach in Hancock and are seeking volunteers for the project. The project will take place on Saturday May 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteer registration will begin at 8:30 that morning. Volunteers are welcome …

Get Ready for the 15th Annual High School History Smackdown! Are you looking for a night of fast-paced local history competition? Eager to find out what area teenagers know about the Copper Country, past and present? Come to the Calumet Theatre on Thursday April 27, 2017, and cheer on the …

Think globally; celebrate locally.  That’s the theme of the 2017 Parade of Nations and Multicultural Festival, scheduled for September 16., 2017 in Hancock and Houghton, Michigan. With more than 60 nations represented among its students and faculty, Michigan Technological University has no trouble thinking globally.  And with a colorful parade …

A Holocaust survivor and author will be speaking at Temple Jacob in Hancock this evening. Irene Miller will talk about the experiences she wrote about in her book “Into No Man’s Land: A Historical Memoir” at 7:30, with tours of the historic synagogue offered at 7pm. Since her retirement from …

Hunger is an ongoing problem for many families in the Copper Country. Programs like the one at Baraga High School provide food for students to take with them so they’ll have something to eat when they get home. So when 11th graders Andrea Chagnon and McKenzie Barrett saw that supplies …

Baraga County Communities That Care will be hosting a youth and adult bracketed Dodgeball Tournament on May 13th. The fundraising event will benefit the Baraga CTC, a youth prevention based coalition dedicated to reducing alcoholism, substance use, violence, teen pregnancy, school drop out, and other problem behaviors in adolescent youth. …

A concert to benefit Oak House will be held at the Orpheum Theater in Hancock on May 13th. The Annual Fling into Spring Fundraiser runs from 7-11pm and helps support Oak House. Director Terry Sayatovich explains what Oak House is. Seven staff members help care for ten residents at the …

Houghton, Michigan – It was shoulder to shoulder at the Keweenaw Brewing Company on April 13 for a unique art auction fundraiser in support of the Houghton Michigan Skatepark. Fifty-nine local artists created the artwork using the wood decks of skateboards as their canvasses. Alex Aho, a driving force behind …