EAGLE RIVER, MI — The Nature Conservancy, in partnership with the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office and the Keweenaw Area Community Foundation, is in the process for applying for a Rural Readiness grant totaling $50,000. The competitive, reimbursement grant is through the Michigan Department ...

PHOENIX — A former Hancock resident who allegedly killed a former Lake Linden resident in Arizona in March was found competent to stand trial and will have hearings over the next three months to set dates for further proceedings. Elliot Bennett, 19, had undergone court-ordered testing to ...

HANCOCK — Hancock will take ownership of three former Finlandia University buildings that had been slated to be abandoned. The City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday night to buy Nikander, Mannerheim and Wargelin halls from state-appointed receiver Patrick O’Keefe & Associates for $30,000. ...

CALUMET — A public survey regarding the village’s 2023 Master Plan update was again a topic of discussion at the regular October Village Council meeting on Tuesday. Because of the importance of the master plan, Village Manager Megan Haselden, and some council trustees, have been working ...

There was a constant flow of Michigan Tech employees entering the basement of the Alumni House on Michigan Tech’s campus on a blustery Friday in December 1972. In the main room, two tellers were accepting money and dispensing withdrawals from their accounts at the Michigan Tech Employees ...

L’ANSE — Banking, mortgages, insurance and loans aren’t usually cause for smiling, unless Baraga County Federal Credit Union is involved. Established in 1952, the credit union is committed to offering “low-cost, high-value financial products with happy, fun-loving member service,” ...