Features
Helpful tips to save money during tough times
October 11, 2008
HOUGHTON — Harley Sachs said he never made much money, so that is why he lives frugally.Sachs shared his tips for stretching food to save money during these tough economic times in a lett » Full Story
Strings afire: Frigg warms the North
October 9, 2008
CALUMET — The words “power,” “string” and “band” aren’t usually used as concurrent descriptors, but all apply to Frigg, a septet comprised of Finns and Norwegians with “wacky sensibilities.”
» Full Story
» Full Story
Shout it Out Loud
October 7, 2008
HOUGHTON — This competition is about recitation, bringing meter and rhyme into the present time.
The Michigan Humanities Council is sponsoring the Fourth Annual Poetry Out Loud state poetr » Full Story
The Michigan Humanities Council is sponsoring the Fourth Annual Poetry Out Loud state poetr » Full Story
Making it to eagle
October 4, 2008
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP — Along the way to Eagle, most Boy Scouts get distracted by fumes, says Scoutmaster Dave Mongeau: Perfumes and car fumes.“For a young man to make it to Eagle is quite » Full Story
AC/DC: A battle for the right car battery
October 4, 2008
If the Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged the highest number of jump starts before replacing an old car battery, I would — without a doubt — be undefeated.
For 18 long months, I » Full Story
For 18 long months, I » Full Story
The vegetarian life
October 2, 2008
HOUGHTON — A healthy diet doesn’t have to include meat. Many restaurants and stores include vegetarian options on menus these days, whether it be submarine sandwiches at Quizno’s Sub in Houghton, pile » Full Story
Community members come together for comedy
October 2, 2008
HANCOCK — Eva sits in a sauna with her lover, Matti, as they exchange sweet nothings with their thick Finnish dialect, and her father staggers about town, proposing marriage to random women in the Fin » Full Story
Getting an education and running a business
September 30, 2008
HANCOCK — Four Michigan Technological University students are running a business before they even graduate.The three business students and one electrical engineering student run Tech Init » Full Story
Mozambique Mission
September 27, 2008
BALTIC — After Mary and Jon Kangas talked with a Mozambican man named Norberto Sango that was visiting their church, Hope Fellowship in Houghton, the couple felt God calling them to go on a mission tr » Full Story
Up North in Keweenaw/Julia Simila
September 27, 2008
A look at the calendar tells us that we have come to the end of September. The balmy temperatures of the past weeks have more than made up for the drab and chilly weather we had in June.
» Full Story
» Full Story