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The National Park Service would like to invite the community to a special exhibit opening at the Calumet Visitor Center this Friday, September 7, 2018 at 6:00 pm. “My Neighborhood, My Heritage” features the photographs of area youth who learned about, and then documented, six local towns this past summer. …

Every year, Mother Nature provides the Copper Country with one of the most awe-inspiring displays of fall color anywhere in the world. And at the same time as the leaves start turning, Finlandia University’s Finnish American Folk School provides an equally awesome lineup of cultural programming, this year featuring two …

In 118 years of providing entertainment to the Keweenaw Peninsula, it’s hard to say just how many people have walked through the doors of the Calumet Theater. Hundreds of thousands for certain, perhaps that number is more than a million, no one knows for sure. What is for sure is …

Michigan’s bear hunting seasons are almost here, with the first opening Sept. 10 in the Upper Peninsula, the Lower Peninsula’s first season starting Sept. 14 in select areas, and Sept. 16 for remaining locations below the bridge. Bear seasons have staggered openers with various locations and hunt periods. For each of the …

The Portage Lake District Library invites students to join its newly formed Tweens Book Group for youth ages 10 – 13. Beginning on Thursday, September 6, participants will meet at the library on the first and third Thursday of each month from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. At each meeting, book …

It’s not a truck, but still a nice prize for one lucky winner in the Keweenaw Truck Raffle. The North Woods Conservancy held their drawing on Monday at the Ahmeek Streetcar Station, where for months the non-profit organization displayed a new truck being donated by Keweenaw Chevrolet. The entire package …

LAURIUM, Mich. – Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics proudly welcomes Certified Physician Assistant, and Houghton native, Richie Raffaelli, PA-C to its growing team of family medicine providers. Raffaelli uses a holistic, patient-centered care approach that takes into account the whole person, rather than individual parts, to help people of all ages reach …

Motorists in Calumet Township need to be aware of a slight change at the area’s busiest intersection. Crews have been installing new traffic lights at the intersection of US-41/Calumet Avenue and 6th Street Extension/Lake Linden Avenue. US-41 has also been repaved north of the Swedetown curve. One change that may …

Public Health, Delta & Menominee Counties, Marquette County Health Department and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) are investigating a cluster of severe respiratory illnesses associated with adenovirus infection in individuals residing in Michigan’s central Upper Peninsula (UP). Currently, all six of the patients with confirmed adenovirus …

The state’s Auditor General will conduct an audit of the decision to close the Ojibway Correctional Facility. State Representative Scott Dianda called for the audit after it was announced that the prison in Gogebic County would close on December 1st. Dianda says the Michigan Department of Corrections has not considered …