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Hancock will consider allowing chickens within city limits. Hancock’s city council will hold a public hearing to introduce a new animal ordinance allowing residents up to four female chickens on their property. In recent years many communities have begun to allow small chicken and other small animal coups within municipal …

An Atlantic Mine man accused of delivery of methamphetamine has posted bond after his arraignment. 55-year-old Steven Ruotsala, of an Atlantic Mine, was arraigned in 97th district court on September 16th. He has been charged with one count of delivery of methamphetamine, and a habitual offender charge for his fourth …

Over the weekend native and nonnative residents in the Upper Peninsula participated in the Gichigaming Water Walk in Gogebic County. The event carried water 31 miles from Ironwood to Lake Superior within the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in protest of the proposed Copperwood Mine under development near the park. …

The Parade of Nations takes a new route in 2024. Earlier this year organizers for Michigan Technological University’s Parade of Nations announced that Hancock deferred from having the parade start on Quincy Street. The change will make gathering students a little easier says Parade Coordinator Mariana Nakashima, as parade participants …

Houghton County seeks an administrator. The current administrator for Houghton County en Larson plans to step down from the role. The county will accept applications for the administrator role until October 4th. The county administrator assists the commission in executing county functions and serves as the chief fiscal and administrative …

The US EPA selects a Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College department chair for the HBCU-MSI Federal Advisory Council. KBOCC Chair for the Department of Environmental Science Andrew Kozich has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency to join the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions Federal Advisory …

Yoopers enjoy a wide range of music and fun. This year Yoopfest will move the music festival into the Calumet Theatre for the first time. The festival has run for three years, starting with a small group of musicians at the East Houghton Skate Park. Yoopfest Lead Organizer and Owner …

Copper Shores has begun training everyday people and first responders how to look out for an opioid overdose. Recently the group met for the first community training opportunity in Lake Linden. Outreach coordinators shared important information says youth development coordinator Callisto Cortez with a few residents.   “It’s very effective …

After a fun-filled summer, the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce is ready to get up early in the morning again with the community. Next Wednesday the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce’s Wake UP Keweenaw breakfast and presentations will return. The series will kick off its return after summer by inviting the small …

An Ontonagon man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly downstate woman. Sixty-two-year-old Richard Filbey obtained a power of attorney for the 86-year-old victim in 2018. Prosecutors say he used that authority to transfer two annuities worth $280,000 into his name. …