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The Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce will host its first Lunch and Learn session of the new year today. For the first session in 2024, the chamber has invited Rosa Center Director Mary Jennings as the keynote speaker. She will share how support for arts and entertainment programming with the Rozsa …

Let’s Eat Community meals have started back up for 2024. Having already served 135 meals last weekend at St Ann’s in Baraga. Throughout 2023 Let’s Eat community meals served more than 2,000 dishes. This Saturday Let’s Eat will set up its first community meal for the new year in Houghton …

The Keweenaw Family Resource Center will hold its first dad café of 2024 tomorrow. Late last year, KFRC introduced the Dad café to the community. Offering a space for fathers to meet, talk about parenting styles, or engage with other parents in the community. Dad Cafés in the Keweenaw Peninsula …

Baraga County Chamber of Commerce invites veterans to today’s Lunch and Learn. The educational series put on by the Baraga chamber will discuss the new Veterans IREACH program. During the event veterans and attendees will hear from Lori Karvonen who will share how the program helps veterans obtain health care …

With all of the snow that’s dropped from the sky this last week, SEMCO Energy has an important reminder for customers. While shoveling the driveway and clearing snow from the roof customers should try to keep snow and ice from gas meters. Which may cause hazardous situations or service disruption. …

Last year the event returned after a decade-long hiatus. And once again Jibba Jabba will return to carve up the streets of Houghton. Jibba Jabba’s snowboard event will invite professional riders to take a ride to Huron Street to show off high-flying tricks, and freestyle creativity. Last year was so …

Coming out of the fall semester many graduating seniors might already know where they will go for college. While other students are still waiting on acceptance letters or planning visitation trips. But one common link between all of them remains how to pay for post-secondary education. Tonight to help students …

Winter may have just started but it’s never too early to start thinking about the future. Upper Peninsula Youth Work programs have open opportunities for young people to grow as leaders, provide service to the community, and learn skills for working together in a team. The Youth Conservation Corps program …

Law enforcement agencies and the Houghton County Road Commission encourage safety on the roads now that winter has come to the Keweenaw Peninsula. Over the last four days, the Copper Country received its first major dump of snow in 2024, with some areas experiencing more than 30 inches of snowfall. …

So many people in the community are excited to see winter has finally come to the Copper Country. Some were even so excited that classes had already filled up for the Finnish American Folk School’s Enrichment Classes ahead of Heikinpaiva. Director of the Folk School Clare Zuraw says for those …