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Do you have a ukulele lying around your house that you always wanted to learn how to play? Or maybe you used to play that ukulele, but would like to brush up on your skills and expand your abilities. A new group is forming that may help. Yooper-Leles is scheduled …

Twenty-one students from Northern Michigan are being nominated by Congressman Jack Bergman for acceptance into a United States Military Academy. One of those nominations is Houghton High School’s Dante Cyrus, who was also recently endorsed by Senator Debbie Stabenow. Each year, members of Congress are tasked with selecting qualified students …

LANSING – Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2019-8 to help expand opportunities for businesses in Michigan’s opportunity zones, or communities that have been cut off from capital and have experienced a lack of business growth. Under the executive directive, the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) must work …

HANCOCK, Mich. (January 3, 2019) – UP Health System – Portage is ringing in 2019 with the year’s first bundle of joy. Weighing 8 pounds and 2 ounces and measuring 20 inches, Clay was born to Brenda and Drew, Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 10:25 AM. “We are so excited to meet our …

Elementary students in the Keweenaw have the opportunity to explore science on a deeper level later this month. The Michigan Tech Great Lakes Research Center will open its classrooms to students in grades 1 through 5 for a six week after school class that introduces the students to science and …

HOUGHTON, MI, JANUARY 3, 2019 – – When longtime local resident Ken Steiner passed away suddenly two years ago, family, friends, and the entire community came together for a memorial to celebrate all the lives he touched through his decades of good work to make the Keweenaw, and the world, …

1 Million Cups has two new business ready to present! The event will take place on Wednesday, January 9th from 9am to 10am (immediately following the KEDA meeting) at the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock. The businesses are: Studio 13 Located in downtown Houghton (just above Remax), Studio 13 …

The Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce Leadership Keweenaw beginning January 2019! This is a great, affordable way to start the year off right and develop new, life-changing skills for yourself or an employee. To be a leader, you must first know yourself, then your community. Leadership Keweenaw …

Congressman Jack Bergman is beginning his second term as Representative for Michigan’s First District Bergman was sworn in this week to the 116th Congress and then released a statement saying, “I’m honored the constituents of the First District have entrusted me to serve as their Representative in the 116th Congress. …

One Upper Peninsula lawmaker is being given a leadership role in the Michigan legislature. State Representative Sara Cambensy has been named assistant House Democratic floor leader for the 2019-2020 legislative term. Cambensy is serving her second term representing the 109th House District and previously served on the Agriculture, Local Government, …