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Below the deck of the USS West Virginia, three men were discovered during the recovery efforts at Pearl Harbor. Their story would go on to inspire CS Wallace to pen the stage work Purple Hearts, as a fictional recount of their lives stuck inside the airtight storeroom. Purple Hearts explores …

Work to finish up the new home of the L’Anse farmers market should begin soon. At last night’s meeting, the village council authorized a payment of $37,399.80 to Wuebben Construction for work completed last fall. Village Manager Bob LaFave said they were able to get most of the work on …

Michigan Tech announces the university’s new dean of the College of Sciences and Arts. Michigan Technological University recently announced that it will bring on LaReesa Wolfenbarger as the new dean of the College of Science and Arts. Wolfenbarger will arrive on campus to take on the dean of college role …

The National Forest Service announces spring road weight limits for the Ottawa National Forest. Starting today (April 8th, midnight) the forest service will begin to impose weight limits on vehicles over 3 tons on forest roads open to motorized use. Request to utilize forest roads requires a permit, and the …

Across the country, many will look up toward the sky this afternoon to see the latest solar eclipse. Even though the Keweenaw Peninsula is not in the eclipse’s path of totality, the region will see the moon cover the majority of the sun. About 80 percent of the moon will …

UPDATE: We were recently informed that Ontonagon Gladiator Robotics, Gladstone’s BraveBots, and the Brimley’s the Deceivers also qualified for the World Robotics Competition in Houston, Texas. Congratulations to all of the students on successful seasons, good luck in Houston.  Superior Roboworks qualifies for the World Championships after overcoming early breaks …

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation will end the Dial Help Crisis phone line on June 1. The Foundation says that the plans to discontinue to the crisis line’s service in the local area stems from a dramatic drop in the number of calls coming in, and a higher volume of …

The suspect of a violent domestic assault in Hancock last month has died. On March 23rd Hancock police responded to the 300 block of Hancock Street for a report of a domestic assault. Upon arrival police located one female and one male individual. Both were transported to UPHS – Portage …

Blue Key Honor Society announces the start of the Winter Carnival logo contest. Each year Blue Key students at Michigan Tech begin planning for the following winter carnival as soon as possible. With the large amount of planning that goes into the campus-wide celebration, Blue Key offers the logo contest …

When visiting theater professor Nich Radcliffe arrived in the Keweenaw peninsula this summer he noticed many of the veteran’s memorials, and honor banners around the region. With the community’s connection to veterans of the war in mind, he immediately decided he wanted to bring a special show to the area. …