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Throughout the year veterans groups support their communities with volunteering, scholarships, and financial commitments. And each year the community shows support for veterans groups at various fundraising dinners. This Sunday in Hancock, the Alfred Erickson American Legion Post 186 hosts its annual spaghetti take-out dinner. The annual fundraiser has seen …

By My UP News Digital Reporter Schyler Perkins Administrators with Manistique Area Schools have partnered with the iGuardian project to talk to the community about social media issues impacting school kids like cyberbullying, online predators, and sextortion. The community presentation is set for Wednesday, September 25 in the Manistique middle and …

Nothing can beat Michigan’s fall colors. Or at least the Upper Peninsula’s. Recently USA Today announced the 2024 Ten Best Places to see fall colors in the United States, naming Michigan’s Upper Peninsula superior to all other locations. After hearing about the ranking, local trail and outdoor recreation group, MI …

An MTEC SmartZone client earns a 145 million dollar grant from the Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains. Revex Technologies has been awarded 145 million from the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, a part of a recent award of 355 million dollars in grants …

McAfee Field was taken over by the Hancock Public Schools last year. The district has played at the location the longest of any football team to call Hancock home. Several years ago, when Finlandia University started its division III college football program, the school came into possession of the Condon …

Michigan Technological University students and the Copper Country’s residents joined to celebrate diverse cultures coming to the Upper Peninsula. The 35th annual Parade of Nations started with The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community leading the parade from campus to Downtown Houghton. Several students wore traditional clothing from countries such as Palestine, …

The Department of Transportation will create alternating lanes of traffic in Adams Township starting October 7th. MDOT will begin work to replace a culvert on M-26 north of First Avenue/ Naumkeg Street. The project will require a single-lane closure from the 7th to the 17th. Motorists should expect one lane …

MDOT will place a detour on M45 in Onotonagon County on Monday. The Michigan Department of Transportation will begin work on two culvert replacements on US 45 near Dutch Road in Ontonagon County. The project will require a detour placed, closing the highway from Dutch Road to 500 feet southeast …

Fall Colors will begin to pop and dot the beautiful scenery in the Keweenaw peninsula. Each fall several recreation groups organize fall color tours for the community to get outdoors. Next week MI TRALE hosts its annual side-by-side orv Fall Color Tour. This year the group has two tour options …

Election season is heating up around the United States as the country moves closer to November. Next week the Copper Country League of Women Voters will host the first candidate forum at the Houghton Portage Township School auditorium. The league has confirmed candidates from Portage Township seeking the supervisor and …