Michigan-IO celebrates folk songs of The Great Lakes

June 15, 2023

CRYSTAL FALLS – Crystal Theatre celebrates the forgotten folk songs from Michigan and the Great Lakes region Friday, June 23 at 7 p.m. CDT. Six stringed instrumentalists, calling themselves Michigan-IO, have been re-imagining and rearranging these great songs in a sound and style true to the original songs and pleasing to our contemporary ears. In the 19th century, while the lumber and mining trades prospered in Michigan, so did the folk tradition. That’s owed mainly to the workers themselves. After a hard winter spent felling trees, or a dangerous voyage in a freighter heavy ...

Pettibone donates to food program in honor of World Hunger Day

June 9, 2023

Baraga — Pettibone has donated 220 pounds of nonperishable foods to the Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Community Action Agency, providing hundreds of meals to those in need. The local engineering and manufacturing company collected employee donations throughout May in honor of World Hunger ...

Delivery of new waste management carts delayed

May 25, 2023

Delivery of the trash and recyclables carts has been delayed. The City of Houghton trash and recyclables carts will be delivered beginning Tuesday, May 29. It will take approximately two days to deliver them. Residents can continue the present system until Monday, June 5. On Monday, June 5 all of the carts will have been delivered and all trash and recyclables will be placed inside the carts. Thank you for your patience. Also, remember that Waste Management honors Memorial Day so all trash and recyclables collection will be delayed one day that week.

Closure planned for Boney Falls boat launch May 30

May 25, 2023

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is announcing the company’s boat launch facility at Dam No. 4 on the Boney Falls reservoir will be temporarily closed to the public on Tuesday, May 30th, 2023. The closure is required to support planned maintenance and facility improvements that are being completed by UPPCO this summer. Access to the campground that is located near Dam No. 4 will remain open but will be delayed at times. “We are asking the public to avoid the Boney Falls boat launch on May 30th,” said Brett French, Vice President of Business Development and ...

PHF awards AEDs across the Copper Country

May 25, 2023

Nearly 50 automated external defibrillators distributed to local establishments Portage Health Foundation (PHF) is proud to announce that 49 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) have been awarded to key facilities and locations around the Copper Country. The AEDs were awarded to organizations who applied to a one-time grant opportunity that was announced in late 2022. Cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. In response to a community need, Portage Health Foundation offered a one-time grant providing automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to key ...

EPA, EGLE host Torch Lake cleanup open house

May 16, 2023

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 meeting will be May 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School Auditorium. The projects will address waste drums and impacted material previously discarded in Torch Lake. So far, work has included in-lake investigations and the development of cleanup options to address impacted waste material and clean up sediment at the Lake Linden Recreation Area. ...