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September celebrates National Wilderness Month. Recently the Isle Royale National Park introduced a new online way to experience the wilderness of the park. Even when you can’t get to the island in person. The Isle Royale Wilderness Adventure simulates a 50 mile backpacking or paddling trip across the island over …

The Upper Peninsula Accessibility Summit will bring unique conversations forward. Over the past year, the Accessible Keweenaw Initiative has organized the Upper Peninsula’s first accessibility summit. AKI co-chairs Jenn Shaud and Rachel Pressley says that the community’s support over the year has been incredible. And with only one week away …

The Portage Health Auxiliary will award grants in 2024. Recently the Portage Health Auxiliary announced that the annual grant program will begin accepting applications for projects and programs. The grant award will seek to improve the health and well-being of the elderly and youth in Baraga, Houghton Keweenaw, and Ontonagon …

Hancock will consider allowing chickens within city limits. Hancock’s city council will hold a public hearing to introduce a new animal ordinance allowing residents up to four female chickens on their property. In recent years many communities have begun to allow small chicken and other small animal coups within municipal …

An Atlantic Mine man accused of delivery of methamphetamine has posted bond after his arraignment. 55-year-old Steven Ruotsala, of an Atlantic Mine, was arraigned in 97th district court on September 16th. He has been charged with one count of delivery of methamphetamine, and a habitual offender charge for his fourth …

Over the weekend native and nonnative residents in the Upper Peninsula participated in the Gichigaming Water Walk in Gogebic County. The event carried water 31 miles from Ironwood to Lake Superior within the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in protest of the proposed Copperwood Mine under development near the park. …

The Parade of Nations takes a new route in 2024. Earlier this year organizers for Michigan Technological University’s Parade of Nations announced that Hancock deferred from having the parade start on Quincy Street. The change will make gathering students a little easier says Parade Coordinator Mariana Nakashima, as parade participants …

Houghton County seeks an administrator. The current administrator for Houghton County en Larson plans to step down from the role. The county will accept applications for the administrator role until October 4th. The county administrator assists the commission in executing county functions and serves as the chief fiscal and administrative …

The US EPA selects a Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College department chair for the HBCU-MSI Federal Advisory Council. KBOCC Chair for the Department of Environmental Science Andrew Kozich has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency to join the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Federal Advisory …

Yoopers enjoy a wide range of music and fun. This year Yoopfest will move the music festival into the Calumet Theatre for the first time. The festival has run for three years, starting with a small group of musicians at the East Houghton Skate Park. Yoopfest Lead Organizer and Owner …