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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...