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Parade of Nations this weekend

The Parade of Nations is almost here. This Saturday, September 17, floats, bands, dancers and marchers carrying banners and flags of more than 60 nations will leave Quincy Green in Hancock at 11 a.m., cross the lift bridge and move up Shelden Avenue in Houghton to the Dee Stadium. At the Dee, international students from Michigan Tech and Finlandia University will be serving food of their countries. Food is take-out only this year. The parade will feature a banner honoring Deb Mann, a long-time member of the Parade of Nations committee, who died in a house explosion late last ...

Wake up Keweenaw ­­— Small business and entrepreneurs group meeting

Wednesday, September 14 at 8:30 a.m. At The Continental Fire Co. in Houghton Our next 1 Million Cups session features two new presenters. As always, free coffee will be provided. Our presenters this month are: Black Earth Rising Black Earth Rising international cuisine food truck also known as BER international cuisine is to be an upscale authentic international cuisine food truck in the Keweenaw area. Community Composting We are testing the idea of creating a community composting business in the Houghton/Hancock area to divert food waste and mix it with leaf and wood chip ...

Storytelling Center to record Red Jacket Jamboree during Pasty Fest

CALUMET — Real People Media’s Keweenaw Storytelling Center will record another installment of its Red Jacket Jamboree starting at 7 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 21, during Pasty Fest 2022. The show will feature Charlevoix, MI. native singer/songwriter Jetty Rae, and author T. Marie Bertineau, of Keweenaw Bay, and of course the Jamboree’s houseband, the Copper Cats. Rae has been singing, touring, and recording since 2004. She released her first full-length album, “Blackberries,” in 2007; her first EP, “Nobody,” in November 2009; and a lullaby album, “La La Lu and the Lazy ...

Central Reunion is this Sunday in Keweenaw County

HOUGHTON TOWNSHIP — This Sunday, July 31, the Keweenaw County Historical Society will host the 116th Annual Central Reunion, with two church services, at 9 and 11 a.m. Pastor Lawrence Molloy will conduct both services. The Central Mine location is site of the one of the true pioneer mining ...

Adventure Mountain Raceway Re-opens

After a long “Fishing Trip” and over a 1000 miles, the famous 1/3 Mile Clay Stock Car Racing Track in Greenland will re-open for Stock Car Racing on Friday, Night, July 22nd.  Adventure Mountain Raceway, which dates operations back to the late 1960s, after having closed for 7 years, will ...