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Big Air at the Fair

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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

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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 ...

Supporting composting

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KEWEENAW COUNTY – At its regular April meeting, the Keweenaw County Board unanimously adopted a resolution in support of composting in recognition of upcoming International Compost Awareness Week. “The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners hereby declares the week of May 3, 2026 through ...

Awareness through public art

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MARQUETTE — Several Marquette area churches are honoring National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives and National Endangered Species Day by installing public art. Episcopal churches across the Upper Peninsula will be participating in National Day of ...