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Laurium will move many of the village’s heritage records to the Keweenaw National Historical Park. The village hall basement holds documents and tax rolls dating back to the town’s founding in the 19th century. Last night, the village council agreed to have the park store and preserve the documents, and …

Garage and rummage sale season has arrived. Lake Linden will host its annual “Find It Here” community rummage sale Saturday. Individual sales will be set up in and around the village. Some are individual and family sales. Some raise money for nonprofits. Maps of the sale locations are available at …

High School In high school baseball yesterday• Calumet split its twinbill against Negaunee, dropping the opener 18-7, and winning the nightcap 9-4.• Lake Linden-Hubbell lost both of its games against Ironwood, 10-0 and 9-3. In softball yesterday…• Houghton swept Baraga, 21-8 and 12-2.• Calumet split with Westwood, winning the opener …

Seasonal weight restrictions will be lifted Wednesday morning at 8:00 for most roads in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon Counties. Load limits will end on all paved roads, and most gravel roads. Restrictions will remain in effect on some gravel roads. If you plan to haul over gravel roads, call …

Today Finnish delegates made their long trek to the Keweenaw Peninsula. This week the country’s ambassador and select companies heads will meet with representatives from Finlandia University and MTU to discuss the progress the schools are seeing in various fields. As well as meeting with potential local business partners, to …

The USDA has award 3.24 million dollars in forest service’s eastern region, in order to support 17 fire related projects in the Northeast and Midwest. Michigan’s DNR will receive a portion of those grant funds. The projects are funded through the forest service’s Cohesive Fire Strategy Grant Program. Which supports …

The City of Houghton’s Downtown Development Authority and Tax Increment Finance Authority will hold a special meeting this morning. Members will discuss a report on the goals and directions of the organizations, and will consider their respective 2022-2023 budgets and the 2022 Mini Façade Grants. There will be an opportunity …

Six local recreation projects will get boosts from Portage Health Foundation grants. $105,714 will support two projects each in Keweenaw and Ontonagon Counties, and one project each in Houghton and Baraga Counties. Grants were awarded to: • Camp Josh, in Ontonagon County, which focuses on creating outdoor recreation opportunities for …

The Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition has scheduled its annual Keweenaw Clean-Up this Saturday. Volunteers will pick up trash on roads, trails, and beaches throughout Keweenaw County.  Some of the trash collected in 2021. Photo courtesy of KORC. Taken by Steve Brimm. If you’d like to help, meet at the Mariner …

Gogebic Community College is ending its partnership with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to operate the winter sports complex at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. GCC took over the facilities in 2012, with the goal of rebuilding the operation. College President George McNulty notified the state two years ago …