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Copperwood project receives grants

GOGEBIC COUNTY — The Michigan Strategic Fund Board has approved a $50 million performance-based grant under the Strategic Site Readiness Program (SSRP) to finance critical infrastructure for the fully permitted Copperwood Mine Project in Gogebic County. Administered by the Michigan Economic ...

KCF fall grant applications

HANCOCK — Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) will open its fall grant applications on Tuesday. The aim is to give approximately $100,000 to initiatives throughout the Keweenaw. $50,000 will go towards its Community Impact Fund. The application deadline is Oct. 15, with an additional ...

Arrest made for child sexually abusive material

MACKINAC ISLAND — The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force announced the arrest of Morgan Charles Mitchell, 24 of Dalhart, Texas, for aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material, using a computer to commit a crime, ...

Rescue at Rainbow Falls

WAKEFIELD -- The Gogebic County Sheriff's Office Monday released a statement regarding a rescue they facilitated at Rainbow Falls that day. "At approximately 1:39 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 24, Gogebic County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the falls near Black River Trail. Initial reports ...

Life Beyond the Mines

CALUMET – The Keweenaw Peninsula is known for its' copper mining history. Knowledge about that time period is primarily focused on the mining companies and the multitudes of immigrant men who came to work in those mines. Daniel Wallace from the University of Southern California visited ...

Stabbing suspect arraigned

ST. IGNACE — The suspect in a stabbing that took place Friday in Mackinac County has been arraigned on his charges. 18-year-old Maxwell Phillips of the Marquette County community of Little Lake was arraigned in the 92nd District Court on Monday. His charges were one count of attempted ...