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Unite Mental Health and Wellness adds a new pediatric mental health specialist to its team. Unite Mental Health and Wellness recently announced it had added Zachary Meston, a Pediatric Mental health specialist to its team of professionals. Meston will provide specialized mental health services for infants through 6 years old, …

At the start of the year, many people will start to think about improving their health. For older residents or those unable to often get out of the house, it can be difficult to find ways to exercise. Aspirus Keweenaw Physical Therapist Beau Dupris says there are a few different …

Baragaland Senior Citizens helps build community through meals, opportunities to go into town, and emotional support. The group recently announced this year’s first congregate meal site will set the table on Monday at Green Hill Manor. Baragland Seniors asks attendees joining the meal for the first time to please call …

The Keweenaw Community Foundation announces a fund supporting childcare in the Copper Country will soon begin accepting grant applications. Last week The Keweenaw Community Foundation announced it will include the Great Start Early Childcare Fund in the foundation’s round of spring grant opportunities. Nonprofit organizations, schools, and community organizations can …

Tourism has a large impact on the Upper Peninsula’s regional economy. From families visiting in the summer to hike trails or camp in historic campgrounds, to groups of friends spending a weekend warming up in the sauna after a full day on the snowmobile. Next week the MSU Extension Tourism …

Early in 2024, Hancock finalized the city’s purchase and takeover of the Houghton County Arena. Now called the HoCo Arena, the city worked with the former Portage Lake Multi-Educational Service Group to transition the site into the city’s hands. As Hancock enters 2025, City Manager Mary Babcock says the one-dollar …

This story was produced by My UP News Correspondent Jessica Goska, find more details here. The Marquette area experienced its warmest year on record in 2024, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).  At the NWS Negaunee office, weather records date back to 1959.  It’s not hotter summers or warmer …

The start of a new month means the start of a new awareness campaign encouraging residents to take care of their health. At the beginning of the year, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department promotes National Radon Action Month. Radon is an odorless, tasteless, invisible gas, that present at high …

This story was produced by My UP News correspondent Andrew Lorinsor, find the original story here. As the new year unfolds, Lake Superior State University (LSSU) announced its 2025 Banished Words List, a lighthearted tradition that began in 1976. The annual list highlights words and phrases deemed overused, misused, or …

The New Year’s Baby has rung the bell and started 2025. A few weeks before the end of 2024, the Copper Country Great Start Collaborative started the organization’s annual Diaper Drive for the Baby Closet. The program works with parents to make sure they have diapers that fit their child, …