Rozsa to present free virtual performance of Manual Cinema's "Lula Del Ray"...
Lula del Ray. (Image courtesy Rozsa Center) HOUGHTON -- The Rozsa Center brings original, creative, groundbreaking arts to the Keweenaw, whether audiences are in person or online. In that tradition,...
View ArticleTwelve more mobile food pantries coming to Houghton, L'Anse, Ontonagon
Mobile pantries such as this are coming to Houghton, L'Anse and Ontonagon each month through the rest of 2020. (Photo courtesy Portage Health Foundation)HANCOCK -- Portage Health Foundation (PHF) is...
View ArticleJanet Metsa, 110th District House candidate, posts "Remembering Labor Day"...
By Michele BourdieuJanet Metsa, candidate for Michigan's 110th District House seat, is pictured here near the Keweenaw Waterway in a new video she recently posted on YouTube, Remembering Labor Day....
View ArticleUP Energy Task Force to meet virtually Monday, Sept. 14
LANSING -- The UP Energy Task Force will meet virtually via Microsoft Teams from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, to discuss electric utilities that serve the U.P. and an overview of...
View ArticleI Have to Quarantine for How Long? And Other COVID-19 Questions Answered
By Kelley Christensen, Michigan Tech University science and technology publications writer Posted Sept. 2, 2020, on Michigan Tech NewsReprinted in part with permissionThis graphic shows the timeline...
View ArticleCall for Actors: Auditions for "Miasma" to be Sept. 20, 21, 22 at Rozsa
HOUGHTON -- Auditions for Eric Samuelsen’s play Miasma, a story of enduring love’s struggle with selfish desire, will be held by appointment: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20,...
View ArticleGov. Whitmer orders flags lowered to honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. (Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)LANSING -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State...
View ArticlePortage Lake District Library to host zoom meeting on Mail-in Voting Sept....
HOUGHTON - Portage Lake District Library will host speakers Valorie Troesch and Barry Fink from The League of Women Voters of the Copper Country in a zoom forum on mail-in voting at 6 p.m. Tuesday,...
View ArticleBallots for Nov. 3 General Election to reach Houghton County soon; State...
By Michele BourdieuMichigan census map showing Houghton County townships and cities of Houghton and Hancock. (Census map courtesy Wikimedia Commons)HOUGHTON -- Voters in Houghton County wishing to vote...
View ArticleLocal residents honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with vigil
By Michele BourdieuWith photos by Allan Baker for Keweenaw NowLocal residents gather in Houghton on Sept. 20 for a vigil to honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on Sept. 18,...
View ArticleHero City, Documentary Photography Exhibit, part of D80 Conference, opens in...
Ulaanbaatar, capital city of Mongolia, by Meghan Kirkwood. (Photo courtesy Michigan Technological University)HOUGHTON -- Michigan Tech's Department of Visual and Performing Arts, the Rozsa Center, and...
View ArticleAfter surge in COVID-19 cases, Governor Whitmer moves Upper Peninsula to...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. (Photo courtesy michigan.gov)LANSING -- After a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the Upper Peninsula, or MERC Region 8, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive...
View ArticleStatement from Governor Whitmer on Michigan Supreme Court ruling on emergency...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. (Photo courtesy michigan.gov)LANSING -- On Friday, October 2, 2020, the Michigan Supreme Court conservative majority ruled 4-3 that Governor Gretchen Whitmer's...
View ArticleGovernor Whitmer releases Video urging masks, social distancing to keep...
LANSING -- Today, Monday, Oct. 5, Governor Gretchen Whitmer released a video on social media urging Michiganders, the legislature, the president, and Congress to do their part to protect families,...
View ArticleUP Energy Task Force to meet online Oct. 7
The Upper Peninsula Energy Task Force has scheduled its next online meeting for 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, to discuss energy options in the U.P. and begin to formulate possible recommendations for its...
View ArticlePeople of the Heart Water Walk, Oct. 10-12, to include distance participation...
This year People of the Heart Water Walkers will walk 90 miles on behalf of life's most precious resource, nibi (water), from the Sandpoint Lighthouse in Baraga to the Copper Harbor Lighthouse Oct. 10,...
View ArticleGuest article: Jennifer Kelly, Houghton County Clerk/Register of Deeds tells...
Jennifer Kelly, Houghton County Clerk/Register of Deeds. (Photo courtesy Committee to Elect Jennifer Kelly, Houghton County Clerk/Register of Deeds)[Editor's Note: Jennifer Kelly, Houghton County Clerk...
View ArticleHoughton County Dems: Kasieta should suspend campaign after participation in...
[Editor's Note: This is the Houghton County Democratic Party's response to the facts that have emerged recently concerning the March 6, 2020, phone call received by Jennifer Kelly, Houghton County...
View ArticleAncient underwater tribal cultural site discovered in Mackinac Straits near...
Jiimaan (Anishinaabek canoe) and trolling motor. (Photo © and courtesy Philip Hutchinson) MACKINAW CITY -- On June 25, Judge James Jamo struck fear into the hearts of many in Michigan when he stated...
View ArticleVirtual Informational Session and Public Hearing on permit for L'Anse Warden...
This aerial photo shows the location of the L'Anse Warden Electric Company Generating Station in L'Anse, Michigan. The photo is taken from the Fugitive Emissions Control Plan for the facility. In the...
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