HEET accepting applications for paid, part-time Energy Manager position
HOUGHTON -- The Houghton Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) is now accepting applications for the Energy Manager, who will lead the community's efforts in winning the $5 million Georgetown University Energy...
View ArticlePortage Library to host health insurance assistance
HOUGHTON -- People who have questions about obtaining health insurance through the marketplace or through the Healthy MI Plan can stop by the Portage Lake District Library for free one-on-one...
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Marquette County Board, residents, environmental groups oppose Road...
By Michele BourdieuMembers of the Marquette County Road Commission return from a closed session discussion of their proposed lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency during their Jan. 19,...
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Celebrate Mid-Winter at Heikinpäivä 2015 in Hancock
A highlight of the Heikinpäivä Mid-Winter Festival is the parade on Quincy Street in Hancock. This year's parade will begin at 11 a.m. this Saturday, Jan. 31. (Keweenaw Now file photos)HANCOCK --...
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Community Arts Center to host reception for Art from the Kalevala Jan. 31...
Scene from the Kalevala by Robert Obaga. (Photos courtesy Copper Country Community Arts Center) HANCOCK -- The Copper Country Community Arts Center presents Art from the Kalevala, a group exhibition...
View ArticlePortage Library to host Master Gardener presentation, workshop TONIGHT, Feb.2
HOUGHTON -- The Portage Lake District Library will host the Keweenaw Garden Club for an evening of mid-winter landscaping wisdom and planning presented by certified Landscape Designer and Master...
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From Tech Today: Celebrate Winter Carnival at Michigan Tech this week
HOUGHTON -- It’s time to celebrate our snowy home: Winter Carnival is back with the snow statue competition judging on Thursday, Feb. 5.The 2015 Winter Carnival theme is "While Frozen in the Ice and...
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Comedian Justin Willman to perform at Rozsa for Winter Carnival Feb. 6
Comedian Justin Willman will entertain during Winter Carnival at the Rozsa Center Friday, Feb. 6. (Photo courtesy Rozsa Center)HOUGHTON -- The Rozsa Center, the Michigan Tech Student Entertainment...
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Tau Kappa Epsilon captures first place in Winter Carnival snow statue...
With their London snow sculpture, Houghton fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon won first place in the Fraternities Division and first place overall in the 2015 Winter Carnival competition with a vacation...
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First Friday in Calumet TONIGHT offers new exhibits, poetry, photography,...
Woodcut color reduction by Tom Rudd and Margo McCafferty. On exhibit at the Galerie Bohème in Calumet. (Photo courtesy Galerie Bohème)CALUMET -- First Friday in Calumet will offer new art exhibits,...
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Barneløpet children's race is TODAY, Feb. 8, at Maasto Hiihto
Sons of Norway members announce the Barneløpet children's ski race during the Heikinpäivä Parade on Jan. 31, 2015, in Hancock. (Photo by Keweenaw Now).HANCOCK --The Barneløpet ("Children’s Race" in...
View ArticleDNR receives updated Graymont proposal for Eastern U.P. land transaction,...
By Michele Bourdieu, with information from Michigan Dept. of Natural ResourcesLANSING -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has received a revised land transaction application from Graymont,...
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County Road 595 a bad idea in wrong place
By Jessica Koski*Proposed Marquette County Road 595 would irreversibly impact high quality wetlands at the headwaters of several watersheds and foreseeably lead to additional roads that would open up...
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Heikinpäivä 2015: new slide show, videos ...
The Heikinpäivä 2015 Parade heads down Quincy Street in Hancock. Participants often wear traditional Finnish or Sami outfits such as these. (Photos by Keweenaw Now)HANCOCK -- Keweenaw Now offers our...
View ArticleHoughton Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) to hold meeting Feb. 18
HOUGHTON -- The Houghton Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) will hold a meeting at 5 p.m. this Wednesday, Feb. 18, at Michigan Tech's Advanced Technology Development Complex (ATDC). The major goal for the...
View ArticleGreen Film Series to present documentary on food and health Feb. 19
HOUGHTON -- The Green Film Series will present Forks Over Knives, a film that examines the profound claim that many of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by...
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Backroom Boys Jazz Band to entertain TONIGHT at Michigan House Café Mardi...
Mardi Gras poster courtesy The Backroom Boys.CALUMET -- It's Mardi Gras, and the Michigan House Café at 6th and Oak in Calumet invites you to bring your beads and masks to the Mardi Gras party TONIGHT,...
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Michigan League of Conservation Voters releases 2014 Lame Duck Scorecard for...
ANN ARBOR -- Today, the Michigan League of Conservation Voters (Michigan LCV) released their 2014 Lame Duck Scorecard. This special-edition Scorecard offers a non-partisan window into the voting...
View ArticleTech Theatre to present Jean Anouilh’s adaptation of "Antigone" Feb. 19-21,...
HOUGHTON -- The Tech Theatre Company will present Antigone, a contemporary retelling of the ancient tale of conflict between the political terror of dictatorship and the vision of humanity at its very...
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Closing reception for Finnish textile artist Aino Kajaniemi's exhibit is Feb....
Textile art by Finnish artist Aino Kajaniemi. A closing reception will be held at 7 p.m. TONIGHT, Feb. 19, in the Finlandia University Gallery in Hancock. (Photo courtesy Finlandia University)HANCOCK...
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