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Bethany Baptist Church in Dollar Bay has been around for just about a century now. The current lead pastor, Brian Knight, explained how the church came to be. “It was a little over 100 years ago that there was a group of Finnish immigrants that were here in Dollar Bay, …

Houghton county property owners will continue to see a county millage rate of 6.222 mills over the next taxable year. While the millage rate will stand pat for property owners, the county will see an increase in taxable revue. As the value of property in the county rose by 5.4 …

The Portage Health Foundation announced the opening of the application period for a scholarship. The Bogan Health Administration Scholarship will give a lucky resident of Keweenaw, Houghton, Baraga, or Ontonagon county $5,000 towards their master program in a healthcare field. Those interested need to have a complete application form and …

The Houghton City Council will hold public hearings at their meeting. There will be a public hearing for the 2023-24 proposed operating budget, and for the 2023-28 Capital Improvement Program. Some highlights of the Capital Improvement Program include a dog park, a splash park at Kestner park, improvements to Dee …

Local historic nonprofit organizations are moving forward all under the same name with the introduction of Copper Shores Community Health Foundation. The name represents all services, programs and opportunities offered by Portage Health Foundation, Dial Help and Copper Country Senior Meals. Their mission continues to be the same- to positively …

Michigan Tech announced the winners of the Research Excellence Fund award. Principle investigators of the awarded projects were named.  Research Seed Grants: Briana Bettin (CS/ICC) Julia Burton (CFRES/ESC) Elena Giusarma (Physics) Vijaya V. N. Sriram Malladi (ME-EM/MARC) Mohammed Sadeghi (CEGE/MTTI) Chunxiu Yu (BioMed/HRI) Scholarship and Creativity Grants: Sue Collins (HU) …

The Keweenaw is a popular destination for tourism, and Visit Keweenaw finalized the numbers for visitor spending for last year. The total number of visitors stayed about the same as 2021 at 400,000 overnight visitors, but spending increased to about $140 million. This was a 35% increase in spending towards …

The Houghton County Commission meeting will hold two separate public hearings. One hearing will be on the topic of the proposed increase of property taxes in Houghton, following the proposed additional millage. If approved, property taxes will increase operating revenues of 5.54%, based on the value of the property. If …

The Village of L’Anse has a new budget. At last night’s council meeting, Village Manager Bob LaFave reported that the current fiscal year is closing out with the books balanced. Next year’s general fund budget comes in at just under $1.6 million. The various street maintenance budgets total slightly more …

Baraga County has taken a first step toward reviewing the physical condition of its historic courthouse. At last night’s board of commissioners meeting, commissioner Bill Menge noted a lot of deterioration… The wall is crumbling. The cap on the wall is broken, water leaks in there, creating more problems for …