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Hancock’s Planning Commission will consider a letter of support for the city’s grant application with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The city of Hancock has plans to apply for the rural Readiness grant program. The rural readiness grant program with MDARD provides rural communities with up 50,000 …

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s Public Works department has cleaned up an illegal dump on Bayshore Drive. KBIC natural resources and Tribal police were aware of the site and investigating the location. Arrangements were being made to have the responsible party clean up the refuse. The KBIC Natural Resources thanks the …

The Houghton County sheriff was called to investigate an abandoned vehicle in Adams Township late last week. On Friday the Houghton County sheriff investigated an abandoned vehicle at The Bluff behind South Range in Adams Township. The sheriff describes the vehicle as a 1997 Nissan light truck. The vehicle was …

Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II spent the weekend in the Copper Country, talking with small business owners about the challenges they’re facing.  In L’Anse yesterday, Gilchrist stopped at the iconic Hilltop Restaurant. While the Hilltop’s bakery remains open, the dining room has been closed for months, because owners can’t recruit …

Next week the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter will enjoy an evening a the Inn. Next Saturday BKG will host a fall fundraising event to help support their operations. During the fundraiser for the shelter home and to bring awareness to Domestic Violence Awareness Month, attendees will enjoy delicious food. As …

Summer days in the Copper Country are fantastic for meeting new people, and picking up some fresh local produce. But when temperatures begin to drop, and the snow starts flying, it’s difficult to host a farmer’s market. Tomorrow From the Ground Farmer’s Market Collective will start the group’s cool season …

Hancock Public Schools has closed its purchase of McAfee Field from Finlandia University’s State Receiver. Earlier this week the school district finalized its acquisition of the football field after being owned by the university for the past 14 years. Interim Superintendent Chris Salani says that the district was able to …

Keweenaw CAPE challenges students to use their education in different creative ways. Tomorrow the organization will get youth in the copper country outside, thinking creatively and having some wacky fun with a new community event. One of CAPE’s instructors Anna Sanchez says that she wanted to start pumpkin races in …

Roadside parks across the upper peninsula will close soon. Next week the Michigan Department of transportation will begin to close down the region’s roadside parks and turnouts for the upcoming winter. The transportation department operates 32 roadside parks in the Upper Peninsula. The department will keep the visitor’s center north …

Michigan Senate Republicans urge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with permitting the Great Lakes Tunnel Project. In a letter recently addressed to Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Lieutenant General Scott Spellmon, the Michigan senate’s 18 Republicans urged the army corps to permit the tunnel project for line 5 under …