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Preparing for death can cause stress on any family. Understanding that cost is vital to making sure a family can focus on the person that matters when the time comes. The Omega House fund helps lift some of the financial burden for income-qualified residents. We don’t want any financial barriers …

There’s not much quite like an autumn tour of the Copper Country’s colors. Currently, the Copper Country Cycling Club has nearly completed planning for the 50th annual  Fall Color Tour. Color Tour Director Evan Erspamer says that the event has included bringing together many people over the years, including travelers …

Houghton earns the Michigan Municipal League’s Community Excellence Award in 2024. Last Friday award nominations for placemaking projects across the state were chosen between Brighton, Grandville, Oak Park, and Houghton at the annual League conference held on Mackinac Island. City Manager Eric Waara says being chosen as a competitor placed …

The Superior Health Foundation awards 548,000 dollars in grants supporting mental health services in the Upper Peninsula. Last Thursday the Superior Health Foundation board of directors announced it has approved 548,477 dollars for the second year of the Proactive Pediatric Mental Health Grants to groups addressing youth mental health needs …

The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region works throughout the Copper Country to better understand community desires. Recently WUPPDR has released a recreation survey for residents of Keweenaw County to understand the area’s needs and desires for the county recreation plan. The survey will collect vital data and information …

The Keweenaw National Historical Park and Commissioned Artist Kasey Koski will soon unveil new artwork for the Quincy Dry House Ruins. Earlier in the earlier the national historical park commissioned Koski to develop an art installation along US-41 near the Quincy Dry House Ruins, to highlight the historic site and …

Copper Shores Health Foundation’s 8th annual suicide prevention walk wants people to know it’s okay, to not be okay. Suicide has many contributing factors. But, one of the hardest hurdles can be reaching out for help. Throughout the Copper Country several agencies partner to organize the Houghton Keweenaw Suicide Prevention …

A gunshot heard inside a Lake Linden home this morning led to a police investigation, but no injuries. Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the the home near the intersection of Front Street and Ninth Street just after 10 am, after receiving calls from concerned neighbors. They discovered that a …

There are a lot of decisions to make before death. Including how someone is to be remembered. Traditionally someone may choose a typical burial or have their body cremated. But another option, that has grown in popularity over the years, includes a green burial. In a green burial, the body …

Big Annie Clemenc is synonymous with a march. Coming up soon the Big Annie Statue Fund Project will host the March on Into Fall fundraising event. In 2022 the village of Calumet supported a local proposal to erect a statue of Anna Klobucher Clemenc. She was a figure of the …