National park service recognizes employee

January 16, 2017

By KURT HAUGLIE Houghton Daily Mining Gazette CALUMET — For Lynette Webber, helping people remember the copper mining era is an important part of her job at the Keweenaw National Historical Park, and for her efforts she recently received an award from the National Park Service. Webber, a KNHP ranger, received the NPS 2016 Freeman Tilden Award, which is given to NPS employees recognizing the work they do for interpretation of park properties. The award’s namesake wrote an influential book titled “Interpreting Our Heritage,” which is considered the definitive text for the ...

Natural Resources Trust Fund concludes anniversary year

January 2, 2017

From the Michigan Department of Natural Resources MARQUETTE — As 2016 winds down, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources concludes its year-long celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund. Since its inception in 1976, the Trust Fund ...

Local family donates for new bridge

December 26, 2016

HOUGHTON — The Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club has kicked off its capital campaign with a local family’s significant donation toward the cost of replacing the Sisu Bridge in the Swedetown Creek Gorge. David Meyers, a 1944 graduate of Chassell High School and now a resident of Port Richey, ...

HEET helps heat homes

December 19, 2016

CALUMET — It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and Joann Peterson is very, very grateful. “This has been unreal,” she says. “You can’t imagine how happy I am.” Peterson is one of the dozens of Copper Country residents who’ve been assisted by the Houghton Energy Efficiency Team, ...

Lower Tahquamenon Falls prep for quiet winter recreation

December 12, 2016

NEWBERRY — Tahquamenon Falls State Park will provide an improved area at the Lower Falls for quiet recreation beginning this winter. Enhancements include an enlarged plowed parking area, trailhead, marked snowshoe trails and dog sled rides. “We have seen an increased interest in ...

Gwinn Middle School students to learn CPR

November 28, 2016

GWINN — Students at Gwinn Middle School had an opportunity to be trained in the American Heart Association’s Family and Friends CPR Program in Angela Micheau’s eighth-grade health education class. “I have to give a lot of credit to one of our bus drivers, Dave Oysti, for planting ...