Copper Country Recycling Initiative Press release It’s outdoor cookout season and disposable items abound. You can cut down on plastic and Styrofoam disposables with some preparation. Invited to a BBQ? Bring your own place setting and utensils. Invited to a potluck? Bring a place ...
ONTONAGON COUNTY, MI. — On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at approximately 9:45 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Wakefield Post and deputies from the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a report of a 79-year-old woman who had gone missing from her home. The investigation revealed the woman had walked away from her home. The investigation further revealed that she suffers from dementia and had left her home in Ontonagon Township, carrying her pet cat. After extensive search efforts, the woman and her cat were both located unharmed at approximately 4:30 ...
KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY – In partnership with Betty Ford Breast Care Services, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Health Center will be hosting a Mobile Mammography event on Monday, September 18 - Tuesday, September 19, 2023. This is the 4th year that the Betty Ford Breast Care Services have supported Upper Peninsula tribal communities. No-cost breast cancer screening is available to all women who would like to have their screening completed, and includes women of all races in Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties, most importantly local tribal community members, tribal ...
MDHHS release LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is taking new actions to preserve Medicaid eligibility for those residents who must complete renewal forms by the end of June. The additional MDHHS efforts to help Michiganders keep their coverage are possible as a result of the federal government releasing new flexibilities and strategies late last week to state officials to lessen the impact of the resumption of Medicaid renewals. Medicaid beneficiaries who received renewal packets with a deadline of June 30 are still being reminded to complete ...
HANCOCK, Mich. — The community is invited to join area Finns in a Midsummer (Juhannus) celebration on Saturday, June 24 at Quincy Green in Hancock, adjacent to the Finnish American Heritage Center. The Finlandia Foundation Copper Country Chapter will raise the annual Midsummer pole (Juhannus ...
On June 9 officers of the Porcupine Mountain Ontonagon Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (PMOA-CVB) Josh Scott, President; Anthony Basler, Vice President; and Jeni Varecha, Secretary; met with Cheryl Sundberg, Director of the Porcupine Mountains Music Festival, presented by the Friends of the ...
