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$2 million endowment fund for Heartlands

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KEWEENAW COUNTY – The Nature Conservancy in Michigan (TNC) and the Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) have secured a $2 million endowment fund for sustaining the Keweenaw Heartlands Project’s community forest program. The announcement was made at tuesday's Keweenaw Heartlands Project ...

On Brand

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HOUGHTON — The City of Houghton invites residents and stakeholders to participate in one of two public work sessions dedicated to shaping the future of Houghton’s community brand. These sessions will be held: • Wednesday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m. • Tuesday, Nov. 11, 6 p.m. Both drop-in ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: I've recently been diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer. The prognosis isn't good, but right now I feel OK and haven't changed my daily life. My husband is here for me, and we are considering possible treatment plans. I haven't told my daughter yet. Truthfully, I don't know how. ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

Outdoors

“Summertime and the living is easy, fishing are jumping and the cotton is high,” – Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Over the past few days, autumn has begun to unfurl its final vestiges of colors and kick before its tattered curtain is torn away, and November comes down ...

McBroom opposes license fee hikes

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LANSING — The Michigan State Senate passed Senate Bills 276 and 277, Tuesday which includes increases to hunting and fishing license fees. The vote was 23-13, and one of the most vocal of the 13 "no votes" was Senator Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, who had a lot to say in his opposition to the bills. ...

Dealing with the fallout

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HANCOCK — The Copper Country Intermediate School District (CCISD) learned more of what the recently passed state budget will mean for the district. At Tuesday's board meeting, CCISD Superintendent James Rautiola said that while the district is still trying to dissect what every aspect of the ...