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With longer daylight hours and warming temperatures causing wildlife to start to move, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources advises property owners that now is the time to look around and see if they have items that soon may be attracting bears. “The ideal situation is for a bear to …

The Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition invites you to help celebrate the incredible place where we live.  The FREE two-day event will be held at the Michigan Tech Great Lakes Research Center in Houghton March 23 & 24. This year UPEC has reached out to Friends of the Land of Keweenaw (FOLK) and the Michigan Tech …

Are you an area high school student interested in local history? Do you want to compete over it? If so, it’s time to get ready for the 16th Annual High School Local History Smackdown! The Smackdown offers Copper Country high school students the chance to test their knowledge of all things …

The Portage Lake District Library will host the Copper Country League of Women Voters on Tuesday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Martha Sloan will present a discussion of “Statehood for the People of D.C.” She will explain how the citizens of the District of Columbia pay more in federal …

Houghton, Michigan – The Bernard F. Gaffney Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) is now accepting applications from Houghton High School students or graduates who demonstrate character, need, and determination to achieve their specific educational or training goals. The Bernard F. Gaffney Memorial Scholarship Fund was established …

CALUMET, MI – Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) welcomes Whitney Brey, Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C), to their team of family medicine providers at the Calumet Family Health Center. Brey attended Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI, where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree. She then went on …

The Village of L’Anse has one of 11 projects statewide to receive funding from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. A grant of $45,000 was awarded to the village to help construct a community solar array for their municipal electric utility. Nearly $900,000 in total grants were awarded …

Several Area robotics teams are returning home after a busy weekend in Escanaba. The FIRST robotics district championship took place at Escanaba High school bringing 39 teams from across the state to compete and showcase their weeks of preceding efforts.   Of the Keweenaw teams who competed, Calumet and L’Anse …

March 16, 2018 — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and local agencies are enacting additional annual spring weight restrictions to protect roads. Effective at 6 a.m. Monday, March 19, weight restrictions will be expanded to cover all state trunkline highways for the entire state of Michigan, both Upper and Lower …

Houghton, MI – The National Park Service (NPS) has proposed a project to introduce 20 to 30 wolves at Isle Royale National Park. The proposal is the preferred alternative in a Final Environmental Impact Statement that is available at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/isrowolves for the next 30 days. The Final Environmental Impact Statement to Address the Presence …