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A bloomin’ success

HOUGHTON - The City of Houghton announced the Michigan Arts and Culture Council has awarded $4,000 in Project Support funding to Digital Bloom, the community arts experience held earlier this month. According to a press release from the City of Houghton, this support reinforces the importance ...

Cameras in Calumet?

CALUMET – Last month, the Calumet Village Council adopted a resolution to apply for a $5,000 Michigan Participating Plan (Par Plan) grant to assist in funding a municipal camera security system. At the July 21 meeting, concerns were raised by residents about what kind of camera system would ...

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 ...

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 ...

Completing the final step

KEWEENAW COUNTY — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources contacted the Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners earlier this month regarding a proposed 5,476-acre land acquisition in Grant Township. According to an Aug. 11 letter from the DNR Real Estate Services to the county board, ...