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Cameras in Calumet?

CALUMET – Last month, the Calumet Village Council adopted a resolution to apply for a $5,000 Michigan Participating Plan (Par Plan) grant to assist in funding a municipal camera security system. At the July 21…

Copperwood project receives grants

GOGEBIC COUNTY — The Michigan Strategic Fund Board has approved a $50 million performance-based grant under the Strategic Site Readiness…

KCF fall grant applications

HANCOCK — Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) will open its fall grant applications on Tuesday. The aim is to give approximately…

Rescue at Rainbow Falls

WAKEFIELD -- The Gogebic County Sheriff's Office Monday released a statement regarding a rescue they facilitated at Rainbow Falls that…

Life Beyond the Mines

CALUMET – The Keweenaw Peninsula is known for its' copper mining history. Knowledge about that time period is primarily focused…

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A bloomin' success

HOUGHTON - The City of Houghton announced the Michigan Arts and Culture Council has…

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Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I'm going through a difficult divorce after 58 years of marriage to…

Did/will you travel on a vacation this summer?

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor

A big thank you Editor: THE BUS, is gone … but all the items donated (over 10,000) have been organized, inventoried and are waiting to be packed into backpacks and distributed to the kids. OUR COMMUNITY gave an estimated $9,890.00 worth of school supplies, back packs, underwear and socks, with an additional $1,250 in…

Editorial

The meaning of the Fourth of July

Each July 4, Americans both at home and abroad, gather to celebrate. Under skies ablaze with fireworks, on streets lined with youngsters waiting for candy from passing floats or simply standing with family in front of grills smelling of seared burgers and hot dogs, we celebrate. We celebrate and remember the formation of a…

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Thomas Story

PORTOLA, CA — Thomas Story, age 72, a resident of Portola, CA, passed away on August 23, 2026 at his home after a 5-month battle with lung cancer. He was born on April 7, 1954 in Janesville, WI To Frank and Elaine (Wilke) Story. In 1968 his family moved to Hancock, MI and he…