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It only takes a spark

HOUGHTON — Registration and nominations are now open for the Keweenaw Community Spark Plug Awards Dinner, to be held on Thursday, March 12, at the Memorial Union Ballroom in Houghton. The Keweenaw Community Spark Plug Awards celebrate and recognize outstanding local businesses, ...

When night falls

HOUGHTON – With the Winter Solstice just behind us, January nights in the U.P. continue to be long affairs. What could be a better time of year to remind ourselves of the beauty and splendor on display after the Sun sets all over the world? At 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16, the Rozsa Center, on the ...

Icy accident

ESCANABA — The Escanaba High School girls basketball teams had an unexpected and frightening night Tuesday after leaving their game against Marquette when their school bus slid off an icy road and rolled on its side in a ditch. A few students were injured, none seriously. A passerby and ...

Helping the helpers

EAGLE RIVER – Keweenaw Search and Rescue was among some 60 nonprofit organizations to receive donation funding from Copper Shores Community Health Foundation’s Giving Tuesday on Dec. 29. The volunteer search and rescue organization received $8,557 during the Giving Tuesday ...

Ice causes accident, road closure

IRON MOUNTAIN — At about the same time a bus carrying girls basketball players slid off the road in Marquette County, icy conditions Tuesday night led a school bus to hit a towing rig on the shoulder of U.S. 2 near Alfredson Road in eastern Dickinson County. According to the Iron Mountain ...