HANCOCK — The public spaces people will enjoy in Hancock this summer got spruced up Thursday thanks to teams of volunteers in the city’s annual Pitch in for Parks event. Volunteers contacted the city, who assigned them to spots nearby in need of upkeep. Shortly after the event began, ...
CALUMET — On Sunday, May 12, the Calumet Theatre is offering Mom a rare, and different, treat for Mothers Day. British music group EXTC will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Mother’s Day on the theater stage. The group XTC was an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972. Fronted by songwriters ...
HOUGHTON — Recycling is on the way to coming back to downtown Houghton. At Wednesday’s meeting, the Houghton City Council voted to pursue adding about five recycling dumpsters at select downtown locations for businesses and residents. The city had received numerous requests for the ...
CALUMET TOWNSHIP — In honor of the 2024 National VFW Day of Service, VFW Post 3900 is leading a community effort to clean up the Veterans Honor Roll in Copper City in preparation for Memorial Day. Volunteers from the community will gather to restore and beautify this important tribute to ...
[This is the second part of a series that explores the relationship between mental illnesses and substance abuse a means of self-medicating the illness.} The theory that some people with mental health issues use substances for the purpose of finding relief from those issues is not new. An ...
HOUGHTON — One of the administrators working on the efforts to protect Buffalo Reef from encroaching stamp sands provided an overview and status update during Wednesday’s Wake Up Keweenaw presentation. Bill Mattes, Great Lakes section leader for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife ...