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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will resume acceptance of online and call center reservations beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17 for camping at F.J. McLain State Park in Houghton County. “This allows the park to start taking reservations sooner so that campers can plan their camping stays,” said …

The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 1:00pm on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and Hwy. US-41 in Calumet. The meeting will include an update on the efforts and work of the …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Eastern and Western Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Councils are scheduled to meet next week, in separate sessions, on back-to-back days. The councils are designed to provide local input to advise the DNR on regional programs and policies, identify areas in which the department can …

aw-affair-of-the-heart-poster Join us for our next FREE Aspiring Women event and beat the winter blues ‘An Affair of the Heart’ coming to Houghton Feb. 4; register today! HOUGHTON – Aspirus Keweenaw invites all ladies to An Affair of the Heart, another fun, festive and FREE Aspiring Women event coming to …

Events honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will take place throughout the state today. This is a national holiday so government offices are closed as are many schools, banks and other businesses. Both local universities are holding events to honor the day. Finlandia University will hold their 2nd …

The names of the persons involved in the fatal crash on Monday have been released. The accident happened on M-26 near Coal Dock Road around 8am. 21-year-old Jerome Berdecia was the driver of the Honda Accord. His wife 21-year-old Neidalis Maldono-Berdecia was also in the car Jerome died as a …

HOUGHTON, Michigan (Thursday, January 12, 2017) – Michigan Tech’s “Tech Theatre Company” will hold public auditions for the classic musical West Side Story, next week, on Monday, January 16 – Wednesday, January 18. West Side Story changed the very nature of American Musical Theatre. With music by Leonard Bernstein and …

In order to better serve our community, the Portage Lake District Library will no longer close by default when area schools close for inclement weather. Instead, the decision to close the library will be an internal judgment made by the library director. The library recognizes the need for a safe, …

Statement from state Rep. Scott Dianda (D-Calumet) on news story incorrectly identifying him as a cosponsor of Daylight Savings Time bill: “Yesterday, WZZM and the Detroit Free Press ran news stories identifying me as a cosponsor of a bill introduced this year to put all of Michigan into the Eastern …

Congressman Jack Bergman continues to be assigned additional roles in Washington. Earlier this week, Bergman was appointed to serve on the Veteran’s Affairs Committee. Now he has been selected to serve at the Chairman of the House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. The subcommittee’s role is …