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Mobile Food Pantry Scheduled for Nov 1 in Ontonagon

On Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 12 p.m. a mobile food pantry will be hosted at the Ontonagon Village Fire Hall. The event will provide a variety of foods, including fresh produce and dairy items, to approximately 300 families on a first-come, first-served basis. The mobile food pantry is ...

Proposals for large-scale green energy development could go to MPSC

L’ANSE — A package of bills that could place siting authority over some larger renewable power installations in the hands of the state rather than local municipalities was moved forward by a state House committee this week. House Bills 5150 through 5153 each advanced from the Energy, ...

Calumet Village Council dissolves committees

CALUMET — A decision of the Calumet Village Council to dissolve its committees met with opposition from some trustees at the regular October meeting last Tuesday. The decision was placed on the agenda after a recent governance training when the council was informed that its function is to ...

High-tech tour

HOUGHTON — On Saturday, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist along with a delegation including Michigan Technological University President Rick Koubek, became some of the first people to get early look at the university’s new H-STEM Engineering and Health Technologies Complex.. The building, ...

A helping hand for women with breast cancer

There’s nothing much scarier than finding out you have breast cancer. Your mind’s awhirl. “What do I do now? What does the future hold? How am I going to get through this?” In the Keweenaw, a support group called Women Living with Cancer is here to help. “We are your cancer ...

Tower request prompts structural analysis

EAGLE RIVER — A request for space on the tower at Mt. Horace Greeley by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has prompted Keweenaw County officials to engage a contractor to conduct a structural analysis on the tower before permitting additions to the tower. “There’s a ...