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The Superior Health Foundation awards 548,000 dollars in grants supporting mental health services in the Upper Peninsula. Last Thursday the Superior Health Foundation board of directors announced it has approved 548,477 dollars for the second year of the Proactive Pediatric Mental Health Grants to groups addressing youth mental health needs …

The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region works throughout the Copper Country to better understand community desires. Recently WUPPDR has released a recreation survey for residents of Keweenaw County to understand the area’s needs and desires for the county recreation plan. The survey will collect vital data and information …

The Keweenaw National Historical Park and Commissioned Artist Kasey Koski will soon unveil new artwork for the Quincy Dry House Ruins. Earlier in the earlier the national historical park commissioned Koski to develop an art installation along US-41 near the Quincy Dry House Ruins, to highlight the historic site and …

Copper Shores Health Foundation’s 8th annual suicide prevention walk wants people to know it’s okay, to not be okay. Suicide has many contributing factors. But, one of the hardest hurdles can be reaching out for help. Throughout the Copper Country several agencies partner to organize the Houghton Keweenaw Suicide Prevention …

A gunshot heard inside a Lake Linden home this morning led to a police investigation, but no injuries. Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the the home near the intersection of Front Street and Ninth Street just after 10 am, after receiving calls from concerned neighbors. They discovered that a …

There are a lot of decisions to make before death. Including how someone is to be remembered. Traditionally someone may choose a typical burial or have their body cremated. But another option, that has grown in popularity over the years, includes a green burial. In a green burial, the body …

Houghton Portage Township Schools and Hancock Public Schools notified the community that there is no credible threat to districts in the Keweenaw Peninsula. This morning district leadership and law enforcement were told of a potential threat to schools in the area. An investigation conducted by school resource officers and area …

The Keweenaw Health Foundation donates 15,000 dollars to the Jim Enrietti Diamond Jubilee Chandelier Restoration Project. In Calumet’s heyday, the Calumet Theater housed a grand crystal chandelier inside its immaculate building. Following a fire, the chandelier was lost, and with it any idea of its design. In recent years the …

Michigan Tech and Copper Shores met on campus to spread awareness of sexual assault. At the start of a new school year, the university talks with incoming students about sexual assault and rape on college campuses. We’re able to give back to the community. We’re making bracelets so any victim …

The Parade of Nations brings together cultures from all over the world in one place. The Dee Stadium in Houghton. Michigan Technological University’s international reach has brought to the Keweenaw Peninsula many families, professionals, and students to the region. And each year the university starts the school by highlighting the …