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Hitting a high note

CHASSELL — The Chassell Township Schools music program was awarded an $18,603 grant from the State of Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) through a competitive process that included 678 applicants statewide. “This grant is significant for small music programs like ours, and we are ...

On Tour

PORT DOVER, ONT — Fred Eaglesmith’s spring tour will have some Outlaw attitude along with some Western latitude. Early this year in Texas they played at Willie Nelson’s Luck Festival, and Rolling Stone reported: “The Canada-born roots-rocker played to a full house under a tent on the ...

Dream Fair

HOUGHTON — On Thursday, May 14, middle school girls from across the Western Upper Peninsula will gather at Michigan Technological University for the Junior Achievement Girls’ Dream Fair, a high-energy, hands-on STEM experience designed to build curiosity, confidence, and connection to real ...

Looking back: Graham Jaehnig

I am Generation Jones I don’t remember the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. I don’t remember Ford rolling out the first Mustang. I also don’t remember the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, or the battle of Ia Drang. Yet, as a Boomer, these are all things happened during my ...

It’s for the children

HOUGHTON – The Bi-Annual Kids Consignment Sale is scheduled for April 15-18 at the Copper Country Mall. The Kids Consignment Sale is a pop-up shopping event in the Houghton area. It was established in 2019, creating the ultimate win-win solution between parents as buyers and sellers, says ...