16+ hour, 36+ min ago   (430+ words) HOUGHTON -- Over 100 people joined Copper Shores at its 10th annual Suicide Prevention Walk Saturday. The event encouraged people to reach out to friends, family and those in need within the community in order to fight the stigma surrounding suicide. Youth Development…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (332+ words) ESCANABA — After considering a plea offer, a former teacher’s aide at the Delta Schoolcraft Intermediate School District Learning Center has decided to proceed to a jury trial. Robin Merle Popour, 54, of Gladstone, appeared in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court Wednesday…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (233+ words) According to Wood, KBIC Pre-Primary Education, Ojibwa Early Learning Center, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (KBOCC) Little Eagles, KBIC Maternal and Child Health and other regional organizations were represented at the camp. Participants registered through MiRegistry could receive credit for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (331+ words) Dear Second-Guessing: Your caution is reasonable. Newer drugs can carry unknowns that only surface with time, and wanting more certainty before your wife commits is vigilant, not paranoid. But this was her call, made with a doctor watching her numbers....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (274+ words) HANCOCK -- Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) and the newly formed Hancock Area District Library are teaming up to inform voters in the City of Hancock, Franklin, Quincy and Hancock Townships on the November ballot proposal. KCF launched the campaign last week…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (455+ words) HOUGHTON -- As summer winds down and local schools start up Sept. 8, roads and neighborhoods take on a different rhythm. School buses return to their routes, children walk and bike to school, parents navigate busy drop-off lines, and teenage drivers begin…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (401+ words) HANCOCK — The Houghton County Fair Association was established as an Agricultural Fair 75 years ago and livestock has always been central to the annual August celebrations. According to a press release from Houghton County Fair Association, our county has a rich…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (360+ words) HANCOCK -- For 51 weeks of the year, 1500 Birch St. in Hancock, is pretty quiet. Essentially, the only activities are summertime baseball and softball games, hockey at the HoCo, activities on the Maasto Hiihto Trail and walking man’s best friend at the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (226+ words) ISHPEMING — Writer Sidney Sheldon once said, “Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.” One West Ishpeming teen…...