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The Superior Health Foundation is accepting grant applications for their Indigent Care Fund. The foundation plans to award a little over 50,000 dollars at their spring grant celebration in early May. Qualified health centered non-profits can apply for up to 10,000 dollars in funding to help support indigent care in …

The Portage Health Foundation’s scholarship opportunities will assist forty seniors from Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon Schools in 2023. There are six different scholarship programs that students can apply for. PHF scholarships will award 1,000 dollars to a graduating senior from Baraga, L’Anse, Calumet, Chassell, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City, Hancock, Horizons, …

Winter Carnival royalty was crowned Saturday night. The Royalty Pageant was filled with laughs and fun, along with some serious questions for the eight contestants. The talent competition included cooking demonstrations, stand up comedy, dance routines, painting, and even a poetic homage to 1913 Copper Strike leader Big Annie Clemenc. …

Members of Northern Michigan University’s Technical, Office and Professional union are receiving raises earlier than they had anticipated. At a special meeting last week, the university’s Board of Trustees approved a Memorandum of Understanding with UAW Local 1950 to accelerate the scheduled increases.  Around 70 percent of the union’s members …

Two Ohio residents are dead, following a two-car crash Saturday afternoon in the eastern Upper Peninsula. Mackinac County Sheriff’s deputies report the collision happened on US-2 about 13 miles west of Saint Ignace.  Four others were hospitalized. The names of the victims, and the conditions of the survivors, have not …

Valentine’s day is coming up, and the South Range Fourth of July Committee invites all those in happy relationship, and those single lads and ladies, to their annual Valentine’s Day Dance. Attendees to the dance can enjoy some live music, dancing, 50/50 raffle, and other prizes. South Range’s Valentine’s Day …

Huskies love playing in the snow. 2023 Winter Carnival has Michigan Tech’s campus feeling excited. Festivities for the annual event will begin this weekend, with the majority of them taking place all next week. Tomorrow night royalty will be crowned, then next week campus will see the unveiling of snow …

Water will continue to flow at an unregulated site along the Bill Nichols Trail near Greenland, at least for a little while longer. Michigan DNR Image The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy had originally ordered the Department of Natural Resources to shut the flow off by today. …

Should the city of Hancock establish a museum? Officials are floating the idea of setting one up in the old Hancock fire hall, adjacent to city hall. At this point, they’re looking for ideas from the public as to whether the concept should be pursued, and how the museum should …

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will get some federal help to improve the safety of its roadways. The $259,384 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program will be used to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.