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Upper Peninsula residents will get their first chance to meet new Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist since they were elected in November. The state leaders will be hosting a series of “Whitmer Winter Warmup” events throughout Michigan…including one on February 16th in Marquette.  The event will be held …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member on the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, introduced legislation aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Americans pay – by far – the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Already this year, prices on more than 1,000 medications have …

IRON MOUNTAIN – The Iron Mountain Veterans Affairs Medical Center is seeking entries in visual arts, creative writing, and performing arts by Veterans for the local Veterans Creative Arts Festival being held March 8, 2019, in Iron Mountain with a chance to attend the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival, October …

The Keweenaw Garden Club will host the special event, Armchair Gardening: Lightning Talks and Social at the Portage Lake District Library on Monday, January 21 at 6:30pm. This is the time of year when many gardeners engage in armchair gardening, which entails curling up with a cup of tea and …

The Michigan Department of Transportation held a public meeting at the Houghton City Center last night where residents voiced their concerns and made suggestions that will be taken into consideration for a major reconstruction project that will take place on US-41. Our little town is growing up. And with that …

A Copper Country radio legend whose career spanned five decades has died. Norman Koski, known to everyone as Mr. Norm, passed away Wednesday evening at the age of 80. A graduate of Calumet High School, Koski got his start in local radio in 1956 at WMPL in Hancock and worked …

Finlandia University is proud to announce further growth to an already fruitful relationship with Beihai College of Arts and Design in Beihai China. “It began with a phone call,” said Denise Vandeville, Dean of the International School of Art & Design. “A professor from Beihai was interested in coming to Finlandia, we …

The CopperBots of Calumet are ready to defend their state championship as the 2019 build season gets underway. The robotics team from Calumet High School has made it to the state championships at the First Robotics Competition three straight years and have been to the World’s Competition twice.  They were …

A memorial benefit concert is being held Friday evening, January 11th, in honor of the late Ken Steiner, who passed away at the age of 66 on New Year’s Day 2017 following complications resulting from heart surgery. Steiner had two great passions—cooking and playing music. He was also a longtime …

The city of Houghton will consider a wait-and-see approach when it comes to allowing recreational marijuana businesses within the city limits. Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved the legalization of the use, possession, and growing of recreational marijuana in November, but individual municipalities can decide to opt-out of allowing businesses to sell …