Hancock, Michigan – Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) announced that a second grant has been awarded from the Portage Health Foundation (PHF) Community Wellness and Outdoor Recreation Fund to Copper Harbor Trails Society Inc. also known as Copper Harbor Trails Club (CHTC) to provide a family-friendly alternate option to navigating the …
Read More »Local Businesses Benefit From Skilled Trades Training Grants
Various businesses in the Upper Peninsula are receiving grants from the Skilled Trades Training Fund. The UPWARD Talent Council says the fund increases the quality and competitiveness of Michigan’s employers by providing competitive awards for customized employer responsive training. Local businesses benefitting from these grants include Great Lakes Sound & …
Read More »Houghton Named Best Midwest City For A Winter Vacation Home
The city of Houghton tops a list of locations in the Midwest as the Best Place to Invest in a Winter Vacation Home. The rankings come from RewardExpert, a New York-based company that offers a free service that helps users take full advantage of credit card and travel rewards. They …
Read More »KSO Presents Sinfonia Antartica Saturday
HOUGHTON, Michigan (December 7, 2017) – The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra performs Ralph Vaughan Williams’ tragic winter symphony, Sinfonia Antartica, an orchestral celebration of the heroism and tragedy of the ill-fated terra nova Antarctic expedition of 1912. They will also perform a world premiere of Libby Meyer’s Lakeside, a new composition …
Read More »Aspirus Ontonagon Supports Ontonagon County Cancer Association
ONTONAGON, Mich. – Every month, providers and staff at Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital and Clinics have the option to wear jeans on Fridays for a small fee of $1. At the end of the month, the dollars add up and a local nonprofit organization benefits. For the month of November, Aspirus …
Read More »$13,000 Awarded for a Snowbike Trails Snowmobile
Hancock, Michigan – Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) announced that $13,000 has been awarded from the Portage Health Foundation (PHF) Community Wellness and Outdoor Recreation Fund to Copper Harbor Trails Society Inc. also known as Copper Harbor Trails Club (CHTC) to improve trail conditions, reduce noise and emissions, and to provide …
Read More »Local Finns Share In Finland’s 100th Independence Anniversary
As Finland marked 100 years of independence, communities across the Upper Peninsula joined in the celebration. Here in the Keweenaw, many residents gathered yesterday at the Finnish American Heritage Center where they enjoyed a viewing of the Presidential Palace Reception from Helsinki. “And Finland is raising up this vision for …
Read More »Osceola Township Seeks Public Feedback on Recreation Plan
Osceola Township is seeking public feedback for its new Five-Year Recreation Plan. The Recreation Plan is available for Public Comment and can be viewed online at both the Township’s website www.osceolatownship.org and WUPPDR’s website www.wuppdr.org. Printed copies are available at the Township Office during normal business hours, Monday through Wednesday …
Read More »Lake Superior Threatened By Possible Line 5 Spill
Lake Superior could be seriously affected if Line 5 were to rupture. The Superior Watershed Partnership acknowledges that most of the attention has been rightly focused on the Straits of Mackinac and the waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, but they point out that many of the rivers and …
Read More »Replacement Stone Ordered For Italian Hall Victims Memorial
The installation of a public monument honoring those lost in the Italian Hall Tragedy has been postponed until spring. The delay is a result of a defect that was recently found after the stone arrived from overseas. “It’s a nice park now, but it’s going to be really good when …
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