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L’ANSE – The Keweenaw Land Trust (KLT) will host the popular band White Water on Saturday, January 20 for a benefit performance and dance starting at 6:00 pm at the American Legion Post 144 in L’Anse. The theme of this family-friendly event is “This Land is Our Land” to support …

The Calumet Art Center is undergoing some transformations thanks to some recent grants, including one from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and while some of the exterior improvements are waiting for a sunny day, many improvements have been made inside to make the building handicap accessible.   …

A Human Trafficking Community Awareness event will be held next week in Hancock. The group will be at Finlandia University in the Jutila Center’s room 323, the Leroy Keranen Conference Room, on Wednesday, January 24 at 6:30 p.m. The recently re-established Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force is working with …

MARQUETTE – Sawyer International Airport, County of Marquette, and the LSCP, along with SkyWest Airlines, announce the return of regular morning flights to Detroit from Sawyer International Airport (SAW), effective March 2018. SAW will continue its current flight to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) on SkyWest Airlines (operating as Delta Air Lines) and …

Michigan Technological University has been recognized by the Princeton Review as one of 200 colleges across the nation that “pay you back.” Princeton Review, a private education services company not affiliated with Princeton University, announced its annual list of “Colleges that Pay You Back” today. Princeton Review chooses the 200 …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced a March 1 deadline to apply for a total of $100,000 in deer habitat improvement grant funding in the Upper Peninsula. The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative is a competitive grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state lands in the …

  When Michigan residents renew their license plate tabs, they are given the opportunity to purchase a recreation passport for an additional $11. That $11 per vehicle fee is applied to park operations and maintenance, and some of it is distributed across the state to other recreational facilities as part …

The Secretary of State offices in L’Anse and Houghton will be closed part of next week for a remodeling project. The L’Anse office will not be open Monday or Tuesday but will reopen at 11am on Wednesday. The Houghton office will be closed Monday through Wednesday and will open again …

With the passage of the Career & Technical Education millage, the local schools combined have saved over $280,000 this year. That news was shared with the Copper Country Intermediate School District Board of Education by CCISD Superintendent George Stockero and CTE Director Shawn Kolbus at their regular meeting this week. …

It’s been over two months since 38-year-old Duane Kangas was last seen driving away from a gas station in Houghton. Hancock Police Chief Wayne Butler gave an update on the missing person investigation to the city council during his quarterly report Wednesday. Butler said Kangas went missing on November 7th, four …