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Radio Keweenaw looking for funding, feedback

CALUMET — A Keweenaw nonprofit is hoping to create a new community radio station mixing archival interviews, educational content and music. Radio Keweenaw is being launched by the non-profit Rabbit Foundation. The FM station is the joint project of Andrew Ranville and Annamarie Sysling. Both have media experience, in different senses of the word. Ranville comes from an art background, where his interdisciplinary work included audio. He started coming to the area regularly in 2011, and has lived here full-time since 2017. A little more than a decade ago, he began thinking about ...

DIY bridge

FOSTER CITY — The Massie home overlooks the east branch of the Sturgeon River, which runs fast enough to stay open all year, especially in this oddly warm winter. The trumpeter swans have stuck around since fall. The Canada geese returned a few weeks ago. Their calls can be heard even ...

Calumet Theatre sees most successful show in decade

CALUMET — The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra performed at the Calumet Theatre on Saturday to a near sell-out audience. “We can safely say that that was one of the biggest shows we’ve had in a long, long time,” Calumet Theatre Co. Board Chairman Dan Jamison said. “I’d say at least 10 years.” Jamison said he did not have a final count on ticket sales, but it was over 550. The theater’s seating capacity is 625. Jamison said the show came about as a result of an exchange of favors between the Rozsa Theater and the Calumet Theatre. Jamison and a number of Theatre members ...

Gladstone BraveBots alliance wins robotics tournament

ESCANABA — The Gladstone Bravebots robotics team were the district event winner at the FIRST in Michigan District Escanaba Event, a robotics competition held in Escanaba over the weekend The BraveBots finished the Escanaba tournament this weekend with a 15-2 record and is currently ranked ninth in the state. The Gladstone BraveBots competed against 38 other teams from Michigan hailing from both the Upper and Lower Peninsula this past weekend in Escanaba. The robotics season kicks off the first week of January and continues to the end of April. Each season teams compete in two ...

ROBOTICS TEAMS COMVERGE ON ESCANABA FOR COMPETITION

ESCANABA — Escanaba High School buzzed with activity, moving parts, music and teamwork Friday as the first day of competition began for robotics teams from around the Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower participating in the FIRST in Michigan District Escanaba Event, presented by Highline. ...

Hancock schools examines library funding, options

HANCOCK — As contract renewal talks between Hancock Public Schools and the Portage Lake District Library continue, the primary question from the standpoint of the School Board is can Hancock Public Schools financially afford to continue with partnership. In 1994, Michigan legislation prevented school districts from levying mils to support libraries. When funding was restored in 2018, HPS made its first substantial library funding in more than 20 years. In August 2018, HPS and PLDL initiated a three-year contract under which PLDL would oversee all of the Hancock library’s ...