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Bingo • Every Sunday VFW Bingo in Chassell at the Post Home. Doors open at 2 p.m. and Bingo starts at 3 p.m. Any questions, call Donna at 906-523-4754. • Bingo at the South Range Eagles every Wednesday at 2 p.m. Come join the fun. Support Groups • Caregiver Support Group — UPHS Home Health and Hospice-Portage offer an in-person Caregiver’s Support group on the second Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5 p.m. at the UPHS Hospice office, 901 W. Sharon Ave. Suite #1. For more information contact our office at 906-483-1160 option 2. • Grief Support Group — UPHS ...

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April 19 • The annual Sisu Shuffle is a family-friendly 5k run/walk that begins and ends at the UP Health System-Portage Hancock Campus. All are welcome to take part, at no charge. Advance registration is required. On-site registration will open at 8:30 the day of the event. All those who register will be eligible to win prizes. To sign up and get more information, visit the UP Health System Portage web site. • Pancake Breakfast 7 to 11 a.m. Calumet Township Fire Hall on Pine Street.Proceeds will benefit Calumet Fire and Rescue. • Hancock Cold season Tori, 10 a.m. to noon. The ...

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April 18 • The MTU Superior Wind Symphony and Campus Concert Band combine for "State of Imagination" their popular end-of-year concert, featuring imaginative masterpieces from the wind band literature. 7:30 p.m. Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets at https://mtu.universitytickets.com/ • Houghtobn's Trinity Episcopal Church will host the art installation Magdalena, an exhibition supporting grief, comfort, care, and hope by artist Lisa Gordillo, today through May 21. The work of art is inspired by sacred texts, ancient views of the cosmos, and the idea that sitting with our ...

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April 16 •The Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition, invites you to UPEC's 16th annual celebration of Earth's freshwater heartland, Celebrate the UP 2025! From 10am to 4pm this Saturday, April 5th, at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. Come hear talks like UP Community action, climate, poetry, Enviro Jeopardy game, a new birding trail, and local music for a day of fun talks about great things in the UP that is free and open to all! April 17 •“Omega House’s Grief Support Group Meeting” - You are welcome to participate ...

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April 15 • Public meeting regarding Houghton County Jail, 10 a.m. to noon, Houghton County Courthouse, 401 E. Houghton Ave. Houghton. The Houghton County Board of Commissioners will hold an open meeting to hear comments from residents about proposals for a new county jail. The meeting will be held in the Circuit Courtroom on the second floor. Alternatives being developed by the jail-planning consultants will be introduced. Citizens can then share their thoughts or ask questions, with a three-minute per person time limit. • “Memory Loss/Dementia Caregiver Support Group” 6 ...

Holocaust survivor to speak

Temple Jacob in Hancock is sponsoring an appearence by Holocaust survivor Irene Miller, who will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday April 15, in the auditorium at Houghton High School Her presentation is free and open to the public. Miller is author of Into No Man’s Land: A Historical Memoir, which tells the story of her family trying to escape the horrors of the Holocaust only to wind up in a frozen field in no man’s land, then in a Siberian labor camp, and finally starving in an impoverished village in Uzbekistan. The book is a story of courage, perseverance, and the power of the human ...