EAGLE RIVER — Since it was started in early spring of last year, the Keweenaw County Search and Rescue (KSAR) has been steadily moving forward, growing in membership, gaining experience and learning as it goes, said Keweenaw County Sheriff Curt Pennala. “Since May of 2022, our team has ...

CALUMET — Since 2010, the CopperDog 150 has brought mushers from around the Midwest to the Keweenaw Peninsula, becoming one of the year’s most anticipated events locally. A new documentary short will look at the race and the community that supports it. “A Copper Dog Film” will ...

Another week has passed and the Copper Country’s history is infused with the present as readers field their guesses and share memories of notable sites. Calumet resident Ken Bracco correctly identified the location and shared some of his personal connections. The historical ...

1. TNC purchases Keweenaw Heartlands In the penultimate week of 2022, the Nature Conservancy announced that it had finalized the purchase of the full 32,469 acres in the Keweenaw Peninsula known as the Keweenaw Heartlands. Helen Taylor, state director of TNC in Michigan, said the ...

You’ve probably donated to charities. You’ve filled a sack with spare soups and pasta for a food pantry. But have you considered giving yourself back to Mother Earth? That’s what green burial is all about—returning your body to nature when you’re done with it, without toxic ...

Press release HANCOCK, Mich. — When she was a child, Mary (Aho) Brunet knew she had Finnish roots, but in her youth and among her family and friends, ethnic culture wasn’t readily celebrated. “We weren’t encouraged to be too much into the Finnish stuff,” she said. “We had a ...