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Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My 54-year-old son recently married his childhood sweetheart with whom he had a son 36 years ago. They never married before but kept in touch because of their son. Unfortunately, their boy was killed in an auto accident four years ago. I've loosely kept in touch with my new ...

Copper Country Home Front

Life

HOUGHTON — The First World War marks the first modern “total war." As millions of combatants were called to the battlefield, massive and rapid mobilization required civilians to reorganize their daily lives to wartime. Though less recognized, rural communities, such as the Copper Country, ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

Outdoors

“The trees bend because of the wind across that lonesome border, the trees bend because of the wind almost all the time,” – Joe Ely It was one of those days when being out in the woods meant being careful, being aware, being concerned. With October fading fast in the rearview mirror, ...

Survey reveals Keweenaw County is strained

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KEWEENAW COUNTY – Michigan’s tourism industry contributed a total of $54.8 billion in economic impact to the state’s economy in 2024, says a July 29, 2025 release from Pure Michigan. A study by Tourist Economics, released in July by Travel Michigan, part of the Michigan Economic ...

Havin’ a ball

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SOUTH RANGE – The South Range 4th of July Committee announced its Fourth Annual Hunters Ball Saturday according to committee member Mike Renier. The event is from 7-11 p.m., Saturday, at VWF hall, on South Baltic Avenue, in South Range. Slick Nickel, who has performed at past ballw, will be ...

No cause for alarm

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HOUGHTON — Local social media pages lit up Wednesday with photos of what appeared to be funnel cloud north east of Houghton/Hancock, presumably in the Calumet area. While there were no reports of the funnel touching down, it still garnered plenty of attention with several "tornado sightings" ...