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Serving the community

HOUGHTON — Copper Shores is inviting the community to come to their Child Advocacy Center for two sessions at 8:30-10 a.m. and 4:30-6 p.m., Monday in its office at Portage Plaza. Residents can meet staff members behind its Victim Support services and learn more about the scope of services ...

Candidate forum

MOHAWK — The Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition (KORC) will host a public candidates forum ahead of an election that will establish the first locally managed public community forest authority in Michigan history. The forum is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in ...

Letting the people speak

HOUGHTON — The Michigan Public Service Commission will make its way up to Michigan Technological University to hold a regular meeting at 11 a.m., Oct. 15 in the MUB Ballroom. The commission aims to give U.P. residents a chance to voice their concerns over the region’s energy needs — one ...

A blighted property

MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Marquette Township Board Wednesday voted to designate the Westwood Mall as a blighted property. The mall experienced a partial roof cave-in in late February due to snow accumulation. By designating the property as blighted, the board has opened up the property to ...

Pest prevention

LANSING — On Thursday, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Michigan Invasive Species Program announced a new firewood quarantine to protect Michigan’s agriculture, forests and natural resources from invasive insects and plant diseases. Beginning January 1, ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons on our coats, blowing through the letters that we wrote, blowing through the books upon our shelves, it’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves,” – Bob Dylan Walking along an old dirt road, I feel the winds of autumn swirling around the tree trunks, ...