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Half Full: Mark Wilcox

While I had my doubts if would ever happen, the snow has left my yard (for the most part). It seems that it was only a week or so that there was at least two feet of the white stuff (OK, it was pretty much gray stuff by then), covering our big yard in west Houghton. But by last Saturday it had ...

Keweenaw Clean-Up

COPPER HARBOR — The Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition (KORC) is announced the seventh annual Keweenaw Clean-Up and Community Picnic. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon, on May 16. Participants may start at their preferred location or check in at the KORC tent in Copper Harbor ...

The play’s the thing

ESCANABA — The Delft, a downtown Escanaba icon, is once again a theater. This weekend, up to 100 audience members will attend an interactive murder mystery play accompanied by a four-course dinner. For the last several weeks, cast and crew have been preparing for “Slain at the ...

100 Women Who Care

HANCOCK — Last month, the Copper Country 100 Women Who Care held its quarterly giving meeting, where more than 60 women came together to support Pewabic Street Community Garden (PSCG) with donations totalling $7,000. On Wednesday, the donation was delivered to Elena Busova and Kathie Joyce ...

Hitting a high note

CHASSELL — The Chassell Township Schools music program was awarded an $18,603 grant from the State of Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) through a competitive process that included 678 applicants statewide. “This grant is significant for small music programs like ours, and we are ...