The city of Houghton is holding its second annual Winter Wonderland event on the newly constructed pier, with a variety of holiday activities in store.
Houghton's Chicago Beefs will be holding a charity event for three organizations including 31 Backpacks and a diaper drive for the Keweenaw Family Resource Center.
Legislation to designate the post office located at 404 US-41 North in Baraga County, Michigan as the “Cora Reynolds Anderson Post Office,” has been signed into law.
United Steelworkers Local 4974 visited Lakeview Elementary School in Negaunee to collect the school’s Canathon contributions. Steelworkers snaked the halls encouraging students to help fill carts with cans. After vising the elementary school, they went to Negaunee Middle School to pick up cans before dropping everything off at St. Vincent De Paul.
According to police, officers were called to a shooting on Thursday, Dec. 1 around 4:05 p.m. at the Trolley Station Apartments at 1529 Main St. in Marinette.
The U.P. Children’s Museum hosted its 19th annual Celebrity Art Auction Thursday. The auction was in-person for the first time since the pandemic. Local celebrities put handmade art pieces up for bid including everything from furniture to food.
Last year alone more than 40 families, including 100 children, received toys, clothes, and food vouchers through the giving tree program from St. Vincent DePaul in Florence, Wisconsin.
The Fire Station and the Last Prisoner Project have teamed up to offer letter-writing stations at all seven of the dispensary’s locations across the U.P. this month.
The Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance and partners are preparing for their eighth annual Keweenaw Holiday Hoopla, which had been on hiatus for two years due to pandemic concerns.
Marquette’s first-ever Feztival of Trees will take over the Masonic Center this weekend and will continue into next week. Participants will stroll through a winter wonderland full of raffles, gift bags, Christmas trees, and wreaths. Proceeds from the event will go to Ahmed Shrine to benefit Shrine hospitals.
Two new piers opened just after Thanksgiving at Founders Landing. The project cost $5.7 million to complete and features a canoe/kayak launch, day boat parking, and a glass-bottom viewing station.
MTU's Rozsa Center presents 'A Christmas Carol' production with a cast made up of theater students and community members working together to bring the story to life.
UPAWS will participate December 1-11, 2022, offering fee-waived adoptions for cats and dogs 6 months on up, and fee-waived for all ages of small critters.
The U.P. Superior Alliance for Independent Living (UPSAIL) held the “Homelessness in the 906″ forum to educate the public on the issue. Attendees got to meet groups across Marquette County working to combat homelessness.
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital held a Festival of Trees After-Hours event this Wednesday. The goal of the private event was to recognize and thank over 100 sponsors and donors that make the Festival of Trees possible.
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