HANCOCK — Partway through a forum on public saunas, Jim Kurtti asked the crowd how many had gone to Finland, and then how many had gone to a public sauna. For both, about a third of the people, raised their hands. “So you’ve become believers … it’s not just sweating,” said ...
HANCOCK — The Keweenaw Community Foundation’s Kellogg Youth Fund’s Spring 2024 scholarship and grants application period is set to close on March 16. When the Kellogg Youth Foundation established the fund, contributing $500,000, the foundation issued a challenge to the Keweenaw ...
The Ontonagon Conservation District is currently accepting orders for their spring 2024 Tree and Plant Sale fundraiser. The district is offering garden and wildlife plants including apple, crabapple, pear, plum, and cherry trees along with hazelnuts, balsam fir, hemlock, cedar, tamarack, white spruce, oak (red and bur), chestnut, white and red pine. There are also a variety of fruit plants including blueberry, grape, raspberry, strawberry, elderberry, serviceberry, and highbush cranberry. Other garden plant offerings include roses, peony, lilacs, potatoes, horseradish, rhubarb and ...
HANCOCK — The Roman Catholic Church of the Resurrection in Hancock has received two large paintings on extended loan from the Finnish American Heritage Center, now part of Finlandia Foundation National. The arrangement allows the Finnish American Heritage Center to continue to ensure the ...
HANCOCK — There will be ice time at the HoCo Arena through most of the summer. The Hancock City Council approved operating the arena through Aug. 15 at Wednesday’s meeting. Extending the ice time should be a one-time occurrence, City Manager Mary Babcock said. The MacInnes Student Ice ...
EAGLE RIVER — A second amended license agreement between Keweenaw County and Pasty.Net has been accepted by both parties. The county owns an antenna tower at the former Air Force radar base at Mount Horace Greeley (referred to in the agreement as the “HG Tower,” along with the building ...
