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Hero comes home

SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP – After nearly 82 years, a local soldier has finally returned home to the Copper Country. Sergeant Robert James Goldsworthy, a Lake Linden native long listed by the U.S. Army as missing in action during World War II, was laid to rest Saturday morning. The graveside ...

Against the grain

HANCOCK — Last Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the vaccine recommendations for early childhood across the U.S. The order would separate the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different injections, spaced out. One local expert is concerned ...

Rising star

ANN ARBOR — Annika Siegel never forgot her roots in the Keweenaw. A Houghton native who performs under the moniker Ani Mari is preparing to release her sophomore studio album, “The Masquerade,” Aug. 28. The 23-year old artist said she incorporates the Keweenaw winters into her ...

Sit-in at Copperwood Mine

GOGEBIC COUNTY — A member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) has organized a sit-in encampment next to the proposed Copperwood Mine project site, in Gogebic County. The protest was expected to start Friday at 3 p.m. near the North Country Trail parking lot, 20 minutes north of ...

Up on the rooftop

HOUGHTON – Dunkin’s Houghton outlet hosted its second annual Cop on a Rooftop Friday morning to support Special Olympics Michigan athletes. Houghton City Police officers were joined by officers from Hancock City Police Dept, as well as personnel from the Michigan Department of Corrections ...