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During one of the most generous times of the year the Copper Country Great Start Collaborative asks the community to consider a cause that needs a change any time of the year. The Annual Diaper Donation Drive. Over the past 15 years, the Copper Country Great Start Collaborative has collected …

Let’s Eat Community Meals adds a new location to the program. Recently Let’s Eat Community Meals, a local meal site program serving seniors in the Houghton and Baraga counties, will add the Lighthouse United Pentecostal Church in Hancock to its locations. The first meal at the site will take place …

Winter’s quick start to the season hasn’t given residents in the Copper Country a chance to catch up on preparations. A winter storm warning will remain in effect for much of the Upper Peninsula throughout the evening into tomorrow morning. The forecast predicts more accumulated snowfall and high wind speeds, …

For much longer than 26 years the Keweenaw County sheriff has protected and served their communities. And during the holiday season service means more this time of year. Since 1998 the sheriff’s department has worked with community partners to make sure no kid goes without a Christmas. So this is …

A commercial and residential developer moves a step closer to redeveloping the Chassell Mercantile Bank building. Last evening the Houghton County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing for the Brownfield Plan to redevelop the property at 42108 Wilson Memorial Drive in Chassell. The project, led by T&J Properties, will …

As students began arriving at school yesterday volunteers in Hancock worked to load buses with the 31 Backpacks big winter pack. At the start of the week the non-profit brought together people to fight food insecurity among the Keweenaw Peninsula’s children. 31 Backpacks Vice President Melissa Maki says the program …

L’Anse completes the first step toward resolving flooding issues at the Secret Creek culvert. L’Anse Village recently received approval from the Michigan Department of Transportation Infrastructure bank agreement. Village manager Bob LaFave says that before work can start several other documents will need approval. The state infrastructure bank program will …

The Keweenaw Community Foundation launched a new stewardship fund supporting land conserved by the Keweenaw Land Trust. On Monday the Keweenaw Community Foundation announced the establishment of the Marsin Wetlands Stewardship Fund supporting the 10-acre wetland habitat owned by the Keweenaw Land Trust. The Marsin Nature Area in Stanton Township …

Several Michigan Technological University Alumni are honored by the Society of Women Engineers at this past year’s WE24 Conference. In October Michigan Tech supported the travel of 19 students going to the Society of Women Engineers WE24 conference in Chicago. During the WE24 conference, the students were able to attend …

The holiday hoopla will start Thursday evening. But the copper country has already gotten a sneak peek at auction items supporting Career and Technical Education scholarships. Last Friday the Holiday Hoopla Silent Auction officially opened. The auction includes several items donated by local businesses to the event’s fundraiser. It also …