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Valuable training

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KEWEENAW COUNTY – Last Friday, the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office participated in a joint ice rescue training exercise in Lac La Belle, along with the Lac La Belle Volunteer Fire Department, Keweenaw Search & Rescue, the U.S Coast Guard Station Portage, and the Michigan Department of ...

Getting a boost

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HANCOCK — MTEC SmartZone’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Program (AMMP) has selected the 2026 cohorts. CaptureTech, her.HAT, PileVision, Optical Quantum Technologies, SinusBath and ZiTech will participate in SmartZone’s Three-month intensive business preparation program which ...

Leroy Keranen remembered

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TORRENCE, CA — A memorial service will be held in California and online Saturday for Leroy Keranen, a Copper Country native, who despite spending most of his life in California, had a history of philanthropy to the area where he grew up. Keranen, a Michigan Tech alumni, died January 28 in ...

Showcase of Excellence

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HANCOCK – Hancock Public Schools is hosting a public open house today at the High School/ Middle School, calling the event the Spring Showcase of Excellence. Hancock Superintendent Chris Salani said the event is an opportunity for Hancock residents, as well as all residents within the Copper ...

Setting it straight

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Regarding an article in April 22, Daily Mining Gazette entitled "Help Wanted," the date for this year's Pitch in for Parks in Hancock is Wednesday, May 6.

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: I am a woman in my early 40s, living several states away from the town where I grew up. My relationship with my parents has always been complicated, especially with my mother, and for the last 25 years I have also been estranged from my older sister. She still lives near my ...