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With many in the area expecting a long weekend this Labor Day, many are bound to get out on the Keweenaw Peninsula’s ORV trails. The Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment are encouraging ATV and side by side enthusiasts to be safe in the back country. …

The Keweenaw Learning Center moves to downtown Hancock. Recently the tutoring center completed its move from the Jutilia Center to downtown Hancock. Their new space allows the Keweenaw Learning Center to be able to continue offering classroom style programs. As well as individualized space in the new location for one …

Feeding America returns to the western Upper Peninsula next week. The national food supplier to those in need has made a number of trips to the Village of Ontonagon over the past couple of years thanks to the help of the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and students with Ontonagon …

The city of Houghton has called a special meeting to officially apply for a state grant that would complete improvements at the Dee Stadium. As Houghton continues work as a redevelopment ready community, the city will look to continue the Dee Stadium’s legacy as a main focus of the community. …

Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center has named a second Associate Director. Stephen Techtmann will join Pengfei Xue, as the research center’s second associate director. Techtmann is an associate professor with the University’s Department of Biological Sciences. He will lead the Great Leakes Research Center’s Environmental, Biology, Biotechnology, and Water …

The Hancock Trails Club, formerly known as the Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club, is encouraging residents to take part in the Hancock Recreation Survey. The city of Hancock, with the help of the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region, has published a survey asking for residents to share their recreation …

Houghton’s next hot lunch spot might just come from a munchee machine. Later today the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce will host an official ribbon cutting and grand opening for the Munchie Machine joining the community of food truck vendors in the Copper Country. Munchee Machine has been spotted already this …

With less than a week before the start of the school year for area students, the copper country angel mission is hard at work packing backpacks for their backpack program. Each year the local nonprofit store organizes a back pack program, accepting monetary and physical donations of school supplies for …

Hancock’s planning commission was forced to table action on both of its agenda items. Progressive engineers and architects had a last minute cancellation with the city, and will plant to update commission members and city leadership when the firm visits in September. At that time progressive engineers will hold an …

Copper Harbor will welcome hundreds of cyclists at the end of the week for the 30th annual Copper Harbor Trails Fest. The yearly celebration of the Upper Peninsula’s mountain biking community, and fantastic trails with great views, is organized by the Copper Harbor Trails Club. The festival includes plenty of …