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Summer days in the Copper Country are fantastic for meeting new people, and picking up some fresh local produce. But when temperatures begin to drop, and the snow starts flying, it’s difficult to host a farmer’s market. Tomorrow From the Ground Farmer’s Market Collective will start the group’s cool season …

Hancock Public Schools has closed its purchase of McAfee Field from Finlandia University’s State Receiver. Earlier this week the school district finalized its acquisition of the football field after being owned by the university for the past 14 years. Interim Superintendent Chris Salani says that the district was able to …

Keweenaw CAPE challenges students to use their education in different creative ways. Tomorrow the organization will get youth in the copper country outside, thinking creatively and having some wacky fun with a new community event. One of CAPE’s instructors Anna Sanchez says that she wanted to start pumpkin races in …

Roadside parks across the upper peninsula will close soon. Next week the Michigan Department of transportation will begin to close down the region’s roadside parks and turnouts for the upcoming winter. The transportation department operates 32 roadside parks in the Upper Peninsula. The department will keep the visitor’s center north …

Michigan Senate Republicans urge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with permitting the Great Lakes Tunnel Project. In a letter recently addressed to Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Lieutenant General Scott Spellmon, the Michigan senate’s 18 Republicans urged the army corps to permit the tunnel project for line 5 under …

The Keweenaw Area Community Foundation’s fall grant application portal will close soon. The foundation will accept requests for various grants until the end of the day tomorrow. The Keweenaw Area Community Foundation supports various projects throughout the Keweenaw peninsula through several funds focused on addressing a variety of causes, populations, …

A Michigan Tech student has been recognized as one of one hundred voyager students. Quinn Riordan of Minneapolis has been chosen as one of the students in the second cohort of the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service. The one hundred students considered voyagers come from 33 states and are …

Trail Three between Dollar Bay and Lake Linden will re-open this coming snowmobile season for the first time in five years. In 2018, the Father’s Day flood caused an immense amount of damage along the off-road trail. Leaving behind more than 170 remediation sites, and a project that would cost …

Rev. Robert Langseth, a longtime Calumet resident, passed away at age 90 this week. Langseth was well-known by many in the area for his work in the community. As a long-serving reverend, Langseth kept the spiritual well-being of his community. He also left a lasting mark on the village and …

For 60 years the Copper Country Mental Health has supported individuals in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties. Today the group will hold a series of open houses at their facilities throughout the copper country. This evening residents can stop by their local Copper Country Mental Health location and meet …