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The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) of the Keweenaw Community Foundation is pleased to announce that $12,402.48 has been awarded to seven local organizations with funds available from the Kellogg Youth Endowment Fund. These grants will support projects that benefit youth in grades 6-­12 in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The seven grant recipients are: • Omega …

An ambulance for U.P. Health Systems—Marquette was involved in a rollover accident over the weekend. The Michigan State Police says the accident happened on US-41 near County Road 502 around 4:45am Sunday. The full-marked ambulance was driven by 29-year-old Matthew Strong with 58-year-old Sherry Norris, both of Marquette, in the …

On 11/18/16 at approximately 1:30 PM, the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a missing hunter in the Tapiola Area.  71 year old Rodney Granroth went out hunting sometime Thursday in the area of Tapiola Road and Kallungi Road in Portage Township.  Superior Search and Rescue along with …

A Canadian exploration company, focused on exploring and developing copper projects in the U.P., is working to raise funds to move forward on local mining projects. Highland Copper Company plans to complete a non-brokered private placement of its securities to raise up to approximately $17 million. The Company intends to …

HANCOCK, Mich., Nov. 16, 2016 – The Friends of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (Friends of the Porkies) received a $1,250 grant from the Portage Health Foundation (PHF) to supplement the costs of new ski helmets for youth from Houghton and Ontonagon counties during the 2016-2017 ski season. This …

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) today joined other utilities from across the United States to raise awareness about scams targeting utility customers as part of the inaugural Utilities United Against Scams Day.  The event is being supported by a week-long advocacy and awareness campaign focused on exposing the …

With an anticipated 500,000 firearm deer hunters afield in search of white-tailed deer earlier this week, early reports indicate varied success across Michigan. Warm weather and fog in some areas seem to have had an effect on deer movement. Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists across the four wildlife …

Many in the Michigan Tech community are banding together to offer support to those who are concerned about the ramifications of the presidential election. A Peace Walk was held to reassure underrepresented students, faculty and community members that they are loved. Michigan Tech student Neffertia Tyner is the Community Outreach …

Wanted: Book Groups Do you participate in a book group? The Portage Lake District Library is creating a list of local book groups for all ages and would like to hear about yours. Useful information includes the name of your group and contact person, a theme if you have one, …

The finances of the Copper Country Intermediate School District are in good condition.  That’s the report from Debbie Bradford of Rukkila, Negro & Associates presented to the CCISD board at their regular meeting this week.  Bradford also stated that the finance staff of the ISD were well prepared and had …