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The Keweenaw Bay Fire Department wants everyone to have a safe summer in the Copper Country. Saturday morning beginning at 11, the organization will host residents for family oriented educational opportunities. Have a chance to learn valuable fire safety tips, and meet with law enforcement. The gathering is designed for …

ConScience, Michigan Tech’s chamber music choir, has released three videos from performances at some of the area’s most famous houses of worship. Latin in the Catholic church, Hebrew at the synagogue, and interspersed were secular choices like “It’s a Wonderful World.” Anderson says the piece made famous by Louis Armstrong …

Landowners from Gay to Grand Traverse Harbor are being asked to provide any information on septic, water lines, and other underground infrastructure near the shoreline that could be impacted by potential environmental clean up. Stamp sands have migrated five miles along the coastline and out into the reef, changing the …

The Houghton parking deck subcommittee met Wednesday to decide on the best way to justify what its eventual recommendation will be. Commissioner Bill Leder provided the group with a matrix used to grade a Senior Design project at Michigan Tech and the subcommittee hopes to modify that to serve its …

At Wednesday’s Hancock City Council meeting, Manager Mary Babcock provided an update on summer events. The first one on the list is Monday, June 7th, at 5:15 PM, when Memorial Park is rededicated following several improvements. Already installed are the benches built by students at Hancock Central High School and …

Numerous private organizations, police and fire departments, and state agencies aided the Houghton County Sheriff’s Department in locating 75-year-old Judith Plute of Franklin Township Wednesday afternoon. It was her neighbor and his dog who eventually tracked her down within the search area staked out by organizers. John Burcar guided Judith …

Roughly 50 logos were submitted to be considered for this year’s Parade of Nations. The quality was so high that the committee was able to adopt a design for the 2021 event and a permanent logo. Dollar Bay sixth grader Emma Riita Moilanen’s submission features a globe saying hello in …

The UP Regional Blood Service says it is facing a severe and critical shortage as it tries to provide for 13 hospitals across the region. All blood types are welcome and they are accepting walk-ins for their drives or at their clinics, including the Hancock location. Coordinator of Blood Collections …

A man and a woman are in custody related to the theft that occurred over the weekend at a Calumet Township cabin. The man had returned to the scene Tuesday and was spotted walking on the property. Houghton County Sheriff’s Department deputies were dispatched around noon. When they arrived, the …

A Franklin Township woman has been missing through the night and another round of searches is ramping up Wednesday morning. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public to be on the look out for Judith Plute. The 75-year-old suffers from dementia and Parkinson’s Disease. Tuesday at 8:15 …