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‘Operation Remove DeJoy’ suggested to board

IRON MOUNTAIN — A petition drive to remove Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may be the best option for correcting a decline in U.S. mail service, an Iron Mountain resident says. Tracy Asanuma addressed Dickinson County Board on Monday, suggesting a coordinated campaign to deluge the White House with letters and petitions from 30 communities that are scheduled to lose mail processing centers. “Under DeJoy’s leadership our community has been robbed of next-day mail delivery and we may lose the mail processing plant (in Kingsford) as well,” Asanuma said. An “Operation Remove ...

Decline in call volume discontinues hotline

HOUGHTON — As more specialized crisis lines have grown in popularity, a line that has served Copper Country residents in need for more than half a century will be discontinued. The Copper Shores Community Health Foundation’s crisis line, run by the former Dial Help, is being discontinued on June 1. The decision came after lengthy deliberation and a long-term decline in calls, Copper Shores staff said. Kristine Martens, outreach and education program director at Copper Shores, thanked community supporters, people who donated to support it and those who called it during their ...

Irony in stigma shown toward those with alcoholism

In July 2021, the Atlantic published an article that came right to the point in its title: America Has a Drinking Problem. “Few things are more American than drinking heavily,” author Kate Julian wrote. When taking history into account, she is right. For instance, John Hancock, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, made a fortune smuggling wine and Madeira (wine mixed with rum) into the colonies to avoid paying British taxes. When British officials seized Hancock’s ship, the Liberty, he was charged with smuggling 100,000 gallons of alcoholic drink. Fellow ...

Tracy Byrd to perform at U.P. State Fair Aug. 14

ESCANABA — This summer at the U.P. State Fair, you can learn the “Watermelon Crawl” when country music artist Tracy Byrd takes the Grandstand stage on Wednesday, Aug. 14, along with special guests The Riflemen. Tracy Byrd and The Riflemen are the first acts announced by the U.P. State ...

People get tips on cooking, growing mushrooms

HOUGHTON — Don’t be fooled by the button mushrooms at the supermarket. Unlike a lot of produce, most mushroom varieties have a short shelf life. “It’s kind of nice because it kind of protects it from monopolization,” Zack Osborn said during a presentation at the Portage Lake District Library Saturday for Earth Day. “It’s inherently a decentralized small-scale local good.” That helps growers like Osborn, who sells his mushrooms at local farmer’s markets, and is also opening a new vegetarian-friendly restaurant in Hancock this summer. And it potentially helps many ...

Plant for the planet

HANCOCK — Volunteers repotted thousands of native plant seedlings at the Keweenaw Land Trust headquarters for Earth Day. The plants come from Brian Black, a faculty member at Bay College who grows native plants in his greenhouse for the local chapter of Wild Ones. Each year, he donates the ...