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Press Releases

Community drive for Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Dial Help is partnering with Houghton/Keweenaw Communities That Care to host a community drive. The goal of the drive is to collect supplies to support local youth and families. Drop boxes are available at Dial Help’s office in downtown Houghton and ...

EPA, EGLE host Torch Lake cleanup open house

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) invite you to an open house to learn about the Torch Lake Cleanup Projects status and next steps. The projects will address waste drums and impacted material previously discarded in ...

Clean-up help available for flooded U.P. residents

MARQUETTE, MICH. The Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMHSD) is encouraging all home and business owners with water or other damage from recent snowmelt and heavy rain to take advantage of free help by calling 211. Labor assistance includes but ...

NMU hosts conviction expungement clinic

Northern Michigan University will serve as a host site for a free criminal conviction expungement eligibility clinic offered through the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. The event is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, May 19, in 1318 Jamrich Hall. Not all criminal convictions ...

Jackson Dean to perform at U.P. State Fair Tuesday, Aug. 15

ESCANABA – The U.P. State Fair is pleased to announce the first act of its full line-up of grandstand entertainment this year, presented by Island Resort and Casino. Fast-rising country singer/songwriter Jackson Dean will take the U.P. State Fair Grandstand stage on Tuesday, Aug. ...

KBIC leader testifies in support of bill to settle land claims, clear title

Press release WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (MI) introduced Keweenaw Bay Indian Community President Doreen Blaker before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Thursday during a hearing to receive testimony on legislation, including the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Land Claim ...