HOUGHTON — Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist touched on state budget issues, the ban on flavored vaping products and more during an interview Sunday. Gilchrist was optimistic a resolution could be reached on the state budget. After congressional Republicans submitted a budget, Gov. Gretchen ...
(Joshus Vissers/Daily Mining Gazette) The 700-foot-2-inch tug-barge, Dorothy Ann-Pathfinder, held up traffic late Monday morning when it sailed under the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. The Dorothy Ann was converted from the Steamer J.L. Mauthe in 1953 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She has 14 crew members.
HANCOCK — Dana Richter, who led the fundraising campaign to create the Louis Moilanen monument on display at the Finnish American Heritage Center, presented the Finlandia University’s Finnish American Historical Archive a scrapbook on Tuesday. He created it in reference to the monument ...
HOUGHTON — Houghton Elementary School first-graders had a storytime to remember Monday morning. Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist visited the school, reading to students and meeting with administrators. “We value public education above all else, and so anytime I come to a community, I take ...
EAGLE HARBOR TOWNSHIP — A high rate of trespassing at the former Calumet Air Force radar base on Keweenaw County’s Mt. Horace Greeley has been steadily increasing since late summer, said Keweenaw County Sheriff Bill Luokkanen. Because of the high risk of serious injury, or worse, ...
HANCOCK — The smell of smoke and the sounds of metal-on-metal filled the air on the Quincy Green Saturday as Balagard — Viking Age Finland took place there and in the Finnish American Heritage Center. The one-day Finnish and cultural fair assembled over a dozen experts from the Midwest, the ...
Mark your calendars and bring the kiddos to your Keweenaw Co-op's annual "Community Thank You" Fall HarvestFEST event on Saturday, Oct. 12 from noon to 6 p.m. We will be offering free food samples of your fall favorites (cider, sausages, pretzels, caramel dip & apples) throughout the ...
CALUMET — If you're one of the millions of Americans who live with persistent pain, you know some days can be challenging. That's why Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital & Clinics is hosting Pain, Pain Go Away, another fun and informative free Aspiring Women event. Aspirus health experts will ...
The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and US-41 in Calumet. The meeting will include an update on the work of the ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University hosted its inaugural Instruments of Change Community Concert at the Rozsa Center on Friday. Faculty, staff and students wanted to recognize the support community partners and donors have given to Michigan Tech, said President Richard Koubek. ...
LANSING — For now, State Rep. Greg Markkanen is treating the state budget as a settled issue. “As far as we’re concerned, right now the budget is complete,” he said Thursday. “That doesn’t mean all the needs are met across the state.” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a budget ...
LANSING — A state scholarship program for students who have aged out of foster care would be exapnded to include vocational classes under a bill proposed by State Rep. Greg Markkanen. House Bill 4406 was approved by the House of Representatives 104-4 in September. The Fostering Futures ...
Since January of this year, at least 23 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have occurred in the U.P., 12 of them in the past two months. In the most recent case, the ill child attended the Kraft Hockeyville event held on Sept. 28. This reminds us that with so much travel across the U.P., ...
HANCOCK — Copper Country Toastmasters, invites residents to its Invite Night to meet members, watch four prepared speeches, and enjoy snacks and beverages on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. “The nice thing about Toastmasters is it’s helpful for the person who wants to get better at speaking in a ...
HOUGHTON — The Department of Visual and Performing Arts and the Rozsa Center are excited to announce the fall gallery exhibition, Proof of Concept, a visual art faculty show. The exhibit runs Thursday, Oct. 10 through Saturday, Nov. 9 in A-Space, the Rozsa professional gallery. Gallery hours ...
BRANSON, Mo. — A Houghton resident is on the trip of a lifetime in Branson, MO, enjoying five days of rustic beauty and outdoor bliss. Scott Carlborn is one of just 25 grand prize winners across the country in the Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper Ultimate Outdoor Adventure sweepstakes. ...
Keweenaw Natural Areas (KNA) is raffling off a brand new 2019 Subaru CrossTrek AWD Utility Vehicle. The prize includes the car plus tax and license paid, plus money to pay the IRS gift tax (total value $32,500). Tickets cost $100 each and only 1,000 tickets will be sold. There are cash prizes ...
HANCOCK — The Salvation Army is now accepting registration for their After-School Youth Programs. The programs will run Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays starting at 3:30 p.m. Programs will include Open Gym time, with crafts, and movies, Character Building Programs, Music Programs, Archery ...
Katya Gordon of Sea Change Expeditions will be the featured author for the 2019 Finlandia University Campus Read. "The committee was intrigued by Katya Gordon's local approach to climate activism and the similarity of her Two Harbors community on the Minnesota shoreline of Lake Superior to ...
HOUGHTON — Join us backstage at the Rozsa Center, where Michigan Tech's three jazz ensembles will perform music from Jazz's storied history, as well as works written and performed in the last decade. The stage of the Rozsa is transformed into an historic jazz club with vintage atmosphere, ...