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Applications now available

Sean Gohman, executive director of the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission, has announced in a Thursday release that Keweenaw Heritage Grant applications are now available. The Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission is offering Keweenaw Heritage Grant opportunities to owners and operators of historic properties and providers of history programs in support of projects that further the preservation and interpretation of the story of copper on the Keweenaw Peninsula. At the January 9, 2024 quarterly meeting of the Advisory Commission, Gohman said that with the exception of ...

A splashy new look

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — Township Supervisor Tim Gasperich has announced that the project of repainting and refurbishing one of the township’s two 500,000-gallon water tanks. The water towers supply drinking water to customers of the Upper Michigan Water Company in Calumet, Laurium, Copper ...

League of Women Voters hosts Proposal 2 forum

HOUGHTON — Two years ago, Michigan voters approved Proposal 2, giving them expanded early voting options. Taryn Mason of the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country walked residents through the changes for the upcoming election season at a presentation at the Portage Lake District ...

Hancock team demonstrates robot, commitment to school board

HANCOCK — Hancock School Board was treated to a demonstration of Barkell Elementary VEX Robot at the regular January meeting Monday evening. Genevieve Nordmark, Barkell’s elementary STEM teacher and VEX IQ Robotics coach, told the board that Barkell hosted its first-ever VEX Robotics ...

Man pleads guilty to child porn charges

HOUGHTON — A Hancock man pleaded guilty to charges related to downloading child pornography in Houghton County Circuit Court Monday. Dominic Barrette, 21, was charged with one count of child sexually abusive material-aggravated possession, and one count of using a computer to commit a ...

Celebration of culture

HANCOCK — The thermometer said mid-April, but the banners, Finnish characters and polar dives said mid-winter. Saturday’s Heikinpäivä festivities drew a large crowd to downtown Hancock to watch the parade, shop at the tori markets, see local art and more. Saturday’s biggest event ...