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Testimony heard in Temple Jacob vandalism trial

MARQUETTE — The federal trial of a Hancock man accused of spraypainting anti-Semitic graffiti on Temple Jacob continued Tuesday with witnesses including agents who had interviewed him and a former member of the same white supremacist group who’d been part of the discussions before defacing ...

Heikinpäivä celebrates Finnish American heritage

HANCOCK — Hancock’s annual mid-winter celebration reaches its peak Saturday with a parade, games, markets, dancing and other activities. Since 1999, the annual Heikinpäivä celebration has marked the point where “the bear rolls over in his den.” The bear itself can be seen walking ...

KFRC launches program aimed at fathers

HOUGHTON — The Keweenaw Family Resource Center is launching a 12-week Fatherhood workshop for fathers and father figures that will give fathers and father figures the parenting, relationship and communication skills, as well as support they need to be involved, responsible and committed ...

Copper Country Women’s March held in Houghton

HOUGHTON — Around 25 demonstrators marched across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge in support of reproductive choice and other rights at the Copper Country Women’s March. The march and others like it around the country take place in conjunction with the National Women’s March, first held ...

Keweenaw Point Acquisition not complete — yet

Amid public confusion and rumors that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has purchased 10,000 acres of land in eastern Keweenaw County, owned by The Nature Conservancy in Michigan within the Keweenaw Heartlands roughly 32,000 acres, TNC says the acquisition, although in progress, has ...

Teen driver killed in M-28 crash

McMILLAN TOWNSHIP — A 17-year-old female was killed in a two-vehicle crash in McMillan Township, Ontonagon County, Thursday night. At about 8:35 p.m., Ontonagon County Sheriff deputies and the troopers from Michigan State Police, Wakefield Post, responded to the report of a crash on M-28 ...