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Calumet set on updating master plan, creating strategic plan

CALUMET VILLAGE — Last Saturday’s Calumet Community Day was to provide community members an opportunity to offer their feedback and thoughts on the future of the village as it moves forward with its revitalization efforts and prepares to update its five-year Master Plan. It was for that ...

Baraga, L’Anse districts talk consolidation

BARAGA — Representatives from the Baraga and L’Anse school districts met Monday night to discuss what a potential consolidated school district would look like, and what questions to ask residents about the change in an upcoming survey. The districts have both seen enrollment declines ...

Paddling made easy: Just five basic strokes

Part Nine: Out on the water This is one in a series of staff writer Graham Jaehnig’s personal experiences as a beginner kayaker. When talking about five basic paddle strokes, we already learned two of them. First, we talked about the Forward Stroke; the Reverse Stroke is done by simply ...

Art for Peace connects the Keweenaw and Ukraine

Children in Houghton and Hancock spent the summer creating art depicting peace. They proudly displayed their work to the public at an Art for Peace exhibition on Thursday at the Copper Country Community Arts Center in Hancock. “Just as seeds you plant in the ground grow into beautiful ...

Calumet residents invited to provide input on village’s future

CALUMET VILLAGE — This past Saturday, Calumet Community Day was met with cold, cloudy weather that may have resulted in lower than expected attendance. In spite of the weather, Village Manager Megan Haselden said it was a wonderful event, though event organizers and volunteers thought ...

Child pornography case added to trial docket

HOUGHTON — A Hancock man accused of possessing child pornography was added to the January trial docket in Houghton County Circuit Court Friday. Dominic Barrette, 21, waived his arraignment in Houghton County Circuit Court Friday. He stood mute on 20 charges: nine counts of child ...