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The Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce has recently announced the list of local residents and organizations nominated for this year’s Sparkplug Awards. The award ceremony will take place next month, and the Sparkplug Awards committee will begin considering all nominations carefully. The Sparkplug Awards committee is comprised of a panel of …

Phi Kappa Tau earned top honors in the 2023 Winter Carnival statue competition today. The perennial champions outscored runner-up Tau Kappa Epsilon. Alpha Gamma Delta and Sigma Tau Gamma placed third in the month-long competition. In the men’s division, Phi Kappa Tau and Tau Kappa Epsilon placed first and second. …

A modicum of civility returned to last night’s Houghton City Council meeting, as members dealt with fallout from the discord displayed at several previous sessions. One of the communications read into the minutes at the beginning of the meeting by City Clerk Ann Vollrath was a letter from former Hancock …

UPDATE 2/13/23 – Officials have confirmed that they have found the body of an ice climber who fell into Lake Superior a week ago at the Pictured Rocks. Thirty-two-year-old James Bake of Gaylord slipped off the ice face of the Miner’s Castle. Initial rescue and recovery efforts were hampered by …

Wednesday’s warm weather has caused a dangerous deterioration of lake ice conditions  in the Copper Country. The Baraga County Sheriff’s office advised ice fishermen to be very cautious before heading out. Ice that had reached safe levels at the head of Keweenaw Bay had become soft and porous by mid-day.  …

Unusually warm weather made for a pleasant night on and around the Michigan Tech campus, as students finished their Winter Carnival snow statues. Efforts in the month-long and all-nighter competition will be judged after this morning’s 9:00 completion deadline. Results will be announced later today, and will be posted at …

The kids Barnelopet cross country ski race takes place this weekend at the Maasto Hiihto trails in Hancock. The race annually brings kids and parents together to compete in cross country skiing. The Bernelopet is organized by both the Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club and the Sons of Norway’s Ulseth Lodge. …

Finlandia University will have to make tough decision when looking at the school’s future. Small institutions such as Finlandia, are facing a financial pinch, with the average American college age persons’ priorities shifting, and resulting problems caused by the pandemic. Finlandia University President, Timothy Pinnow, started on the job last …

The Houghton City Council will discuss proposed changes to its Animal, Nuisances, and Property Maintenance ordinances at tonight’s meeting. Among the points being considered:• For the Animal ordinance, forbidding beekeeping within the city limits, and requiring that dogs be “under the control” of their owners in public places. The latter …

The Houghton City Planning Commission is preparing to roll out the results and conclusions from the Quality of Life survey that was undertaken in September. The commission has called a special meeting February 21st at 5:30 at the City Center. The survey was conducted as part of the Planning Commission’s …