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It’s not often the public gets an inside look at a US Coast Guard Station, now here’s their chance. Coast Guard Station Portage will hold an open house at their location in Dollar Bay this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The open house will include tours of the …

Houghton County is working with the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR) to update their joint five-year recreation plan. In addition to guiding improvements to the county’s recreation facilities and sites, the plan will ensure the county is eligible for certain grants from the Michigan Department of Natural …

Who has the best pasties in the Copper Country? For the second year in a row, Suomi Restaurant was voted the Pasty Fest Winner on Saturday in Calumet. The 100 voting kits were sold out by 12:30pm as people cast their votes for either Suomi, Connie’s Kitchen, Mohawk Superette or …

State Representative Scott Dianda is calling on Governor Rick Snyder to reverse the decision to close the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Gogebic County. The announcement to close the prison came last week but Dianda says that will cause hardship for communities, workers and their families. Dianda said local residents will …

One woman is dead after a three vehicle accident on Friday afternoon in Duncan Township. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post responded to the scene around 1:45 on M-28, about two miles west of Sidnaw. Police say a 2000 Honda Accord driven by 72 year-old Roberta Vizina of …

The Houghton County Road Commission issued this Flood Recovery Update on Friday, August 17, 2018. The Houghton County Road Commission (HCRC) would like to thank everyone for their patience as we recover and continue to repair the roads damaged by the flood. This week we met with the Federal Highway …

When exchange students from other countries come to the Keweenaw to study, host families are needed to make sure they get meals and transportation to school functions. While the deadline for September students has now passed, host families and schools are needed for the next group of students coming in …

Help is being made available to assist the Upper Peninsula’s aging LGBT community. SAGE Metro Detroit, in partnership with the ACLU of Michigan, received a grant of nearly $400,000 from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to launch a statewide LGBT and Aging Initiative in the state of Michigan. The program …

Many Keweenaw residents got a rare opportunity yesterday as they attended a birthday party—for a boat. The Ranger III, which provides passenger ferry and cargo service to and from Isle Royale National Park, is celebrating 60 years of service, and held open tours showing some of the vessels features to …

The bodies of a couple that were lost when their plane went done in the Upper Peninsula over two decades ago have now been recovered. Mark and Janet Davies of Howell were reported missing on September 14, 1997 when their Piper PA-28 airplane crashed in the Hiawatha National Forest. The …