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Heikinpäivä 2026 will have a special guest
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HANCOCK – With predicted highs of 0-5 degrees, Saturday, Jan. 24, will be an ideal day for the annual Heikinpäivä celebration. For nearly three decades, Hancock’s annual Heikinpäivä festival has celebrated the midpoint of winter in the Copper Country. This year, however, ...
Dear Annie
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Dear Annie: I've read a few letters in your column in which parents wrote about two of their children arguing and wanting there to be peace. And in all of the replies, you have advocated trying to remind people about the good times and work toward building back the ...
It’s Heikinpäivä
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HANCOCK — What we now call Copper Country Finns & Friends created a new celebration in Hancock Heikinpäivä. The Finnish Theme Committee of the City of Hancock, as it was known then built the celebration on themes taken from Finnish folk saying associated with the name day for St. ...
Ironwood nurses approve contract
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IRONWOOD – Nurses at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital voted last week to ratify a new union contract, according to a release from the Michigan Nurses Association (MNA). The contract takes effect immediately and runs through July 19, 2028. The release says the agreement maintains the wage structure ...
Airport receives million-dollar grant
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LANSING — Houghton County Memorial Airport will receive a million dollars in state funds designed to address PFAS contanimation related to the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy last week that grants totaling $9 million ...