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A group of local students collected 6,000 books last month. In March, the Student Leadership Advisory Council of the Keweenaw held book drives at schools in Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw counties. Hancock school collected the most books for the event, amassing 2,857 books in total. Students then donated all 6,000 …

There’s a vacancy on the Houghton City Planning Commission. Michele Jarvie-Eggart has stepped down because she is moving out of the city. Anyone interested in serving on the commission should contact city officials.  At last night’s meeting, the commission heard that demolition work has largely been completed on the fire-damaged …

Local residents and their dogs are invited to stretch their legs tonight in a walk designed to raise awareness of the problem of sexual assault.  Dial Help’s Puppy Parade will begin at 5:30 at Ray Kestner Waterfront Park…  We’re going to have an entire course laid out from the downtown …

Houghton city voters will go to the polls Tuesday to select a new council member. Mike Salmi, Robyn Johnson and Craig Waddell are on the ballot, and all appeared on Copper Country Today this past Sunday. With a bill for more than a million dollars coming up for demolition of …

NICE Community Schools will be closed today, following a tragedy yesterday at the Aspen Ridge Middle School. Around 12:30, a gunshot was reported. The school was immediately locked down. A Michigan State Police trooper who was already at the school giving presentations to students discovered that a young male student …

Skiers and swimmers from 6 schools in the area are joining forces for a co op in both sports. Houghton Portage Township Schools approved the co op between themselves, Hancock, Jeffers, Lake Linden-Hubbell, Chassell and Dollar Bay for high school skiing and swimming. Additionally, with the school year wrapping up …

Progress on the Keweenaw Waters Resort has stalled, due to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services and EGLE careful consideration. The health department spoke yesterday with MDHHS and EGLE to get a status update on the campground’s site approval. Both departments have concerns with lack of knowledge of …

The new Hancock Business and Technology park took another step forward last night. The city’s planning commission approved the final draft of the park ordinance last night, and forwarded it to the city council. The park will be built on a 40-acre parcel behind Hancock High School. Most of the …

The upgrade of the L’Anse village marina will proceed more slowly than planned. At last night’s council meeting, Village Manager Bob LaFave said one of the state officials overseeing the project recently died, and the transfer of the project to another official will cause a delay. Construction on the new …

The Michigan Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin maintenance work on the traffic signal at the intersection of M-26 and Green Acres Road today. Crews will upgrade the signal control systems and traffic detection cameras. The work may require intermittent brief lane closures and signal interruptions. If all goes …