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An effort is underway to assist some local restaurants that are struggling because of the Pandemic Order restrictions. The Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce and the Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau have organized the “Twelve Days of Christmas Cash Mob” promotion. Each day will feature a different business. Patrons on those …

Phase Three of the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter’s “Build a Bedroom” fundraiser is underway. The shelter is trying to raise $15,000 to help remodel the new building they’ll soon be moving into. The first two phases brought in nearly $6,000. The latest effort is a raffle for two Baskets of …

U.S. Representative Jack Bergman and State Representative Greg Markkanen believe all our votes in the November election should be thrown out.  The two Republican lawmakers have gone on record supporting the lawsuit filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the State of Texas, asking that election results in Michigan, Wisconsin, …

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will hold its general election tomorrow. Registered voters can cast their ballots between 10:00 and 6:00. Two council members will be selected from each district. Candidates in the Baraga District are (in alphabetical order): • Doreen Blaker (incumbent) • Robert D. Curtis, Jr. (incumbent ) …

Houghton County continues to see a rise in COVID-19 diagnoses. The latest update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department shows 196 new confirmed positives and 116 new probable positives across the five-county region since the last report was posted a week ago. 113 of the confirmed positives and 68 …

The latest long-term care facility in the Copper Country to be hit by a COVID-19 outbreak is Mission Point of Hancock, formerly known as the Lighthouse at Hancock. The latest weekly report posted on the state’s coronavirus website shows 12 new patient diagnoses, bringing the total number of cases since …

Production at the White Pine Copper Refinery is poised to take a big step forward. A $700,000 grant will help boost the project from pilot status to full production.  The facility is owned by White Pine Copper Refinery, Incorporated, and PM Power Group. It’s designed to salvage copper and other …

This year’s Upper Peninsula Catholic Ministries’ Giving Tuesday campaign doubled what was brought in last year. The iGiveCatholic event raised more than $32,000, with donations directed to 45 different organizations. Marquette Dioceses officials say much of the money is headed to their campus ministries, including $11,000 for Northern Michigan University, …

The Rock House Grill in Houghton will be without its liquor license for the next 45 days.  The suspension was handed down Monday by the State Liquor Control Commission, along with a $600 fine for KMPD Incorporated, which operates the restaurant and the associated Mine Shaft bowling and entertainment venue.  …

Those who use the Chassell Trails are now able to find their way around more efficiently. A project to map the trails and install new signs is complete.  The GPS coordinates of the cross country ski, snowshoe and new fitness trails have been entered into Google Maps. Large-scale, detailed maps …