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Protecting history

ROCKLAND TOWNSHIP — Jason Pragacz, of Anti-engineeringsolutions, of Ontonagon, is in the process of installing a new cedar shake roof on one of the former miners’ cabins at Old Victoria Historical Site, which is now the Visitor Center. Old Victoria is about three miles from Rockland, and 16 miles south of Ontonagon Village. Cedar shakes are complex to work with and so are time-consuming. The big thing is, Pragacz said, is that every shingle has to be staggered, so each one has to be selected individually. “They go from three-inch up to eight inch,” he explained. “And none of ...

Blue Star Moms chapter coming to Escanaba

ESCANABA — A resident is looking to bring a Blue Star Moms Chapter to the U.P. April Guindon, of Escanaba, mother of AeroSpace Medical Service Journeyman Brett Guidon, is working to bring Blue Stars Mothers of America, Inc., to Escanaba. The organization is a non-profit, non-partisan and ...

Something to connect with

HANCOCK — Wherever you were on Quincy Street Friday night, there was music within earshot, food nearly within reach, and crowds of people looking to sample all of it. Friday’s Key Ingredients event in Hancock included samplings from local restaurants, performances from local musicians stationed throughout downtown, and other live activities and demonstrations. Outside the Copper Country Community Arts Center, Tammy Gajewski was one of several artists on hand to explain their process. She’s been painting for 45 years, mostly oils. Friday night, she was watercolor ...

Keweenaw County hears of Community Resilience Center

EAGLE RIVER — The Keweenaw County Board on Wednesday learned of a potential grant opportunity for the Emergency Operations Center through a partnership between the Keweenaw Community Foundation and the Western U.P. Planning and Development Region. Robin Meneguzzo, KCF executive director, was scheduled to present the proposal to the board, but was not able to attend the meeting. She had requested Julia Petersen, Keweenaw Heartlands project manager for The Nature Conservancy in Michigan, to address the board. Petersen said funding would come from the Community Change Grant program ...

Learning history a new way

NORWAY — The Jake Menghini Museum of Norway has teamed up with Norway High School to offer a hands-on learning experience this summer. Six Norway High School students will earn partial academic credit, depending on hours, for volunteering their time as guides at the local historical ...

Tavaris Jackson murder trial delayed till next year

ESCANABA — The murder trial of Tavaris Lee Jackson has been rescheduled to next year. Jackson, accused of murdering pregnant 22-year-old Harley Corwin and leaving her body in O.B. Fuller Park over one year ago, was in the 47th Circuit Court before Judge John Economopoulos Friday for a motions hearing. The defense motioned for a stay pending the ruling of the Appellate Court related to testimony to Det. Sgt. Tom Lewis. Lewis had an inappropriate interaction with a potential witness that Defense Attorney Diane Kay-Hougaboom, who is representing Jackson, argued on July 28 would call ...