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Preserving the past

Hancock — The Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) has launched the Bring Back Calumet Initiative Fund, a new Special Project Fund dedicated to revitalizing historic downtown Calumet. This community-driven effort focuses on preserving Calumet’s rich industrial heritage while fostering ...

Big Plans for Calumet

CALUMET – The Village of Calumet officially turned 150 Wednesday, but on Tuesday night Village Manager Megan Haselden teased many of the events coming up throughout the year. The Calumet Cro Fest (short for Croatian) is planned for early August. The event features food, dancing, and music ...

Building a Strong Foundation

HANCOCK — The pursuit of land for student construction projects was approved at the regular meeting of the Copper Country Intermediate School District (CCISD) Board of Education Tuesday. The purchases would provide land for students to construct more houses as part of the Career, Tech, ...

Going Forward

By BEN GARBACZ bgarbacz@mininggazette.com The Houghton-Portage Township School Board approved a series of bonds that will fund upgrades to school facilities. In November, voters passed a $23 million bond issue by around 30 votes. The bonds will be stretched out to 2031. “For a school to ...

Up from the ashes

SOUTH RANGE — The village of South Range has much to boast in terms of recent growth and looking forward. George Eakin, president of Village of South Range, provided an update on a local developer's plans to create commercial space, housing, retail space and potentially a drive-through ...

Bergman part of bipartisan bill to prevent Postal Service downsizing

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representatives Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet and MI-01) and Nikki Budzinski D-Illinois, introduced a bipartisan bill, the Protect Postal Performance Act, to prevent the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from downsizing facilities in underserved areas, provide more oversight over ...