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Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: I live in a 55-plus community and have met many people and made lots of friends since moving in here. I am not a prude, but I find it very disturbing how the F-bomb and swearing is so prevalent in this community. I'm in my 60s, a baby boomer, a Christian and not a sheltered person, ...

Blue Violin returns!

Arts and Entertainment

L'ANSE — After a sold out show at Houghton’s Rosza Center, Blue Violin returns to the Keweenaw, with a unique, intimate encore performance 7:30 p.m. Sat, July 25 at Linden Creek Farm in L’Anse. Enjoy an Immersive Candlelit Journey Through Iconic Rock Anthems. Described as “Rock and roll ...

Big Air at the Fair

Arts and Entertainment

ESCANABA — Get ready for an adrenaline-charged night of extreme action as the ATV Big Air Tour roars into the 2026 U.P. State Fair Grandstand with two shows on Tuesday, Aug. 18. This nationally-touring, high-energy motorsports spectacular delivers gravity-defying stunts, massive jumps, and ...

Lena Maude coming to Hancock

Arts and Entertainment

HANCOCK — Indie-folk singer-songwriter Lena Maude is coming to the Keweenaw for one show, Friday, May 1, at the Orpheum in Hancock. In a submission to the Daily Mining Gazette Lena describes her show as "A heartfelt night of indie folk and quirky folktronica. Poetic words, fingerstyle guitar ...

Logging project criticized

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CHICAGO — After the release of a preliminary decision to move forward with a logging project in the Ottawa National Forest, members of a Chicago-based environmental advocacy group are arguing the U.S. Forest Service did not properly consider the project’s overall environmental impact. On ...

Tech Board to meet Friday

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HOUGHTON — The Michigan Technological University Board of Trustees is expected to approve the creation of a new school withing the College of Sciences and Arts at its regular meeting Friday. The board will vote on the creation of the School of Health, Human and Biological Systems within the ...