Category Archives: Featured
Finnish American Folk School passes on skills from Finland leading up to Heikinpaiva
Excitement about Hancock has been growing since the first storm dropped snow into the Copper Country. The same is true for Heikinpaiva's cultural festivities at the end of January. Each year, the Finn...
Jan 08, 2025
Michigan Republicans share Sen. McBroom 2019 statements on the new cage-free egg law
This story was produced by My UP News correspondent Andrew Lorinser, find the original story here. Following the recent enactment of legislation mandating all egg-laying hens in Michigan to be cage-fr...
Jan 08, 2025
The National Forest Service limits the Ontonagon Ranger District Office hours for the foreseeable future
The Ottawa National Forest Ontonagon Ranger District Office will only open on Wednesdays for the foreseeable future. The US national forest will limit the Ontonagon district office of the Ottawa Natio...
Jan 08, 2025
Hockey Wins for Jets, 'Dogs - Wednesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In boys high school basketball last evening... Ontonagon got past Lake Linden-Hubbell 60-53. Dollar Bay-Tamarack City dispatched Wate...
Jan 08, 2025
Ottawa National Forest plans prescribed burns near Dinner Lake Road
This story was produced by My UP News, find the original story here. During the week of Mon. Jan. 6, fire staff at the Ottawa National Forest say they plan to start pile-burning operations along Dinne...
Jan 07, 2025
United States Coast Guard begins ice-breaking operations in the Great Lakes
The United States Coast Guard has begun its ice-breaking operations in Lake Superior. Operation Taconite seeks to prevent newly formed ice from hindering commercial vessel traffic. USCG Cutter Mackina...
Jan 07, 2025 The Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, escorts the motor vessel Calumet through Lake Michigan near Lansing Shoal, Feb. 2, 2014. The cutter was operating as part of Operation Taconite, which is the ice breaking operation for the northern Great Lakes. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Daniel R. Michelson)
Nordic Film Series explores the happiest country in the world
Heikinpaiva brings the Copper Country together to celebrate the region's Finnish connection. The Keweenaw Peninsula became the home of many Finnish immigrants between 1870 and 1929. When more than 350...
Jan 07, 2025
CopperDog 150 opens the 2025 volunteer portal for race weekend in March
Huskies, malamutes, Greenland dogs, and sled dogs love to dance. And Copperdog's organizers are dancing alongside the howling hounds. Recently CopperDog 150 opened the 2025 volunteer portal. This year...
Jan 07, 2025
MTEC SmartZone names Grace Hsia Haberl the director of the AMMP program
The MTEC SmartZone names a new director for the AMMP Accelerator Program. Yesterday the MTEC SmartZone announced Grace Hsia Haberl as the program director for the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing ...
Jan 07, 2025
Hancock Cold Tori opens inside the Hancock Community Hub
The Keweenaw Farmers Market Association will bring the feeling of summer to a blue January at the end of the week. Starting on Saturday the Keweenaw Farmers Market Association will open the Hancock Co...
Jan 07, 2025
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