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3 days ago · HANCOCK – Since it was first created in 1999, Heikinpäivä has become one of the most anticipated celebrations in the Copper Country. The annual midwinter celebration of Finnish-American and Finnish culture has been hosted by the City of Hancock’s Finnish Theme Committee – now known as the Copper Country Finns and Friends – each year […]
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3 days ago · CALUMET — Carol Louise Kangas of Calumet, passed away on Jan. 8, 2025 at Canal View in Hancock. Carol was born on March 30, 1938, at home in Calumet to Rudolph and Gertrude Strom. Carol worked as a nurse’s aid and in the laundry room at Canal View. Carol loved to play piano and video […]
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3 days ago · HANCOCK – Since it was first created in 1999, Heikinpäivä has become one of the most anticipated celebrations in the Copper Country. The annual midwinter celebration of Finnish-American and Finnish culture has been hosted by the City of Hancock’s Finnish Theme Committee – now known as the Copper Country Finns and Friends – each year […]
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6 days ago · HANCOCK — In 2017, Scott Dianda, then a state representative, introduced House Resolution 7, in the Lansing Legislature. The resolution’s intention was to declare January as Finnish-American Heritage Month. The resolution won approval in the House on Jan. 12. A similar resolution, House Resolution No. 16, was adopted again last year, on January 26, 2023.
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BREAKING NEWS. December 13, 2024. No paper to be distributed today due to mechanical difficulties Download a .pdf copy of the 12-13 newspaper.
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Lighting the path to memory. December 26, 2024. Raven Bromley/Daily Mining Gazette A total of 73 lives, most of which were children, were lost on Christmas Eve 1913 in Calumet’s Italian Hall.
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Nov 5, 2024 · HOUGHTON — More than 4,500 Copper Country residents cast early ballots as part of Michigan’s nine-day early in-person voting period, its first for a statewide election. Sunday was the final and highest-turnout day for early voting, drawing 189,442 voters to polling places across Michigan. Get-out-the-vote efforts locally included Huskies Vote Early day at Michigan Technological […]
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SUMMIT LAKE — U.S. Forest Service firefighting crews are continuing to attack a wildfire in a remote wilderness area near Summit Lake in L’Anse Township. The fire, which was about 5 acres when it was reported Friday, grew to about 100 acres, where it has been for the past day, said Shanelle Saunders, acting public […]
Mine predicted to reverse sagging regional economy
Mar 29, 2024 · The Upper Peninsula was built on mining, Markkanen said in the release. With the MSF investment, “the community will start pumping out materials that will help rebuild the state and the country.” Highland Copper estimates the project will create 380 jobs when the mine is operational, with another 313 indirect jobs being created throughout the state.
Copper Country comeback | News, Sports, Jobs - The Mining Gazette
Feb 1, 2023 · HOUGHTON — Tourism spending in the Copper Country rebounded in 2021 after initially dropping during the pandemic, according to a recent Michigan Economic Development Corp. report. Visitors spent $84.2 million in Houghton County in 2021, a 20.7% increase over 2020 and a new record for the county. Keweenaw County’s $21.6 million was …