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Michigan’s state house advanced Representative Greg Markkanen’s resolution seeking to re establish Michigan’s lower peninsula wolf population, using existing wolves from the Upper Peninsula, to committee. Representative Markkanen included in his statement on the resolution advancing that he often hears from lower peninsula residents express their support of wolves in …

A potential change to the Hancock city council’s meeting schedule was put off again last night.  Council members are considering a proposal to reduce their schedule from two meetings per month to one. They have also gone on record as saying they believe the full council should be present when …

A second major Upper Peninsula sled dog race has been canceled because of poor trail conditions. The U.P. 200, along with its companion Midnight Run and Jack Pine 30, have been called off after a night of rain, followed by freezing temperatures. Upper Peninsula Sled Dog Association president Darlene Walch …

Three copper country towns, 150 miles and hundreds of dogs are ready to get started. Every year copper dog returns to Calumet for the traditional Friday start. Copper Harbor will often see many visitors on Saturday for the CopperDog’s short races. While Eagle Harbor quietly keeps the race together with …

Construction on the H-STEM complex at Michigan Tech is still on track to have the building open in early 2024. Recent weather has delayed concrete pouring. The facility’s wall framing, and electrical rough-in work continues, as well as the structural fireproofing that will start after the concrete is poured this …

There’s no immediate solution for the Copper Country’s child care shortage, but progress is being made on at least one front. At yesterday’s Houghton County Board of Commissioners meeting, Iola Brubaker from the Keweenaw Family Resource Center and Kim Salmi from Canal View reported that they’re working on a plan …

The Hancock City Council will again consider reducing its meeting schedule to once per month at its regular meeting tonight.  The idea has appeared on previous agendas, but a decision has been put off because some council members missed those meetings. The council has expressed a desire to have all …

Finlandia University’s Finnish American Heritage Center’s Nordic Film series picks back up tomorrow afternoon with a screening of The Cuckoo. The 2003 Finnish Comedy Drama, is a war time film set during world war two in a northern Finnish farmhouse. The Cuckoo takes on the opposing perspectives of a Finnish …

Unseasonably warm weather has caused snowmobile clubs to use more caution when determining if they will send out crews to groom trails each day. The warm temperatures and sunshine yesterday, forced the Keweenaw Snowmobile Club to hold their trail groomers back, with plans to reassess the situations in morning, today. …

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners is expected to take a step forward in establishing greater security at the historic courthouse building today. At its regular meeting, commissioners will consider hiring U.P. Engineers and Architects to coordinate the bidding process and oversee renovations to the first floor entrance, district court, …