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Keweenaw land-use planners to present "2001: An Open-Space Odyssey" Jan. 24.

Updated 01/22/2002

HOUGHTON -- A forum on 2001 as a landmark year for public land acquisitions and land-use planning activities in the Keweenaw Peninsula will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Alumni Lounge of the Memorial Union Building at Michigan Technological University. The program,  co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country (LWVCC) and Michigan Tech's GEM Center for Science and Environmental Outreach, will give an overview of work done in the past year by grassroots organizations, local governments and the public. more

January Calendar

Updated 01/21/2002

KEWEENAW PENINSULA -- This calendar provides a guide to arts, cultural, government, and organization events and meetings in the Keweenaw Peninsula for the month of January, 2002. more 

Peace Alliance to observe Martin Luther King, Jr., Day with video showing

Posted 01/19/2002

HOUGHTON -- In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, the Copper Country Peace Alliance will again present the video, "Peace and Justice: Terrorism, Trade, and U.S. Foreign Policy," by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer from 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, at Portage Lake United Church in Houghton. Read more about this video, which was shown in Hancock on Nov. 28, 2001. For other events honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan. 21-26, see the Keweenaw Now January Calendar and the Michigan Tech Web site.

Heikinpäivä ski races to be held at Swedetown Trails in Calumet

Posted 01/16/2002

HANCOCK -- The Heikinpäivä Hiihto Cross Country Ski Races scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 19, have been moved to the Swedetown Ski Trails in Calumet. In order to allow everyone time to reach the new venue, the races will start later than previously advertised. See the schedule.

Eagle Harbor Township Board to meet Jan. 14

Posted 01/11/2002

EAGLE HARBOR -- The Eagle Harbor Township Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 14, in the Eagle Harbor Township Hall. The supervisor will report on the recent Keweenaw County Board Meeting, progress on grant applications and recent correspondence. See the agenda.

Heikinpäivä Museum to feature "gizmos"

Posted 01/11/2002

HANCOCK -- A  one-day  "Museum of Homecrafted Tools, Gadgets and Gizmos"  will be held in conjunction with the Hancock "Heikinpäivä Celebration," from noon  to 4 p.m on Saturday, Jan. 19. Items meeting the criteria for the Museum should be brought to the basement Archives Office at the Finnish American Heritage Center during the week of January 14 -18. more

Hancock prepares for Heikinpäivä 2002, coming Jan. 18-19

Posted 01/11/2002

HANCOCK -- The City of Hancock is nearly ready for the fourth annual Heikinpäivä, or St. Henry's Day, marking the midpoint of winter. Besides the lumitalo (snow house) now under construction, the celebration will include a buffet dinner and dance on Friday, Jan. 18, at Finlandia University, and, on Saturday, the Heikinpäivä Hiihto ski race, a tori (market), a cooking workshop, a street theater presentation, a birchbark basket-making class, an outdoor museum displaying tools of early Finnish immigrants and more. more

Public Notice posted for new Mt. Bohemia groundwater discharge permit

Posted 01/09/2002

MARQUETTE -- Black Bear, Inc. has filed a new groundwater discharge permit application proposing 36 lbs. annual phosphorus loading limit for the septic system at Mt. Bohemia. The 30-day public comment period for this permit, which includes an antidegradation statement, ends Feb. 8, 2002. Read the Public Notice of Jan. 8, 2002.

January Exhibits

Posted 01/08/2002

KEWEENAW PENINSULA -- This listing provides a guide to arts and cultural exhibits in the Keweenaw Peninsula for the month of January, 2002. more

Zoning Board of Appeals to meet Jan. 3, 2002

Posted 12/12/2001

EAGLE RIVER -- The Keweenaw County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) will meet at 7 p.m. on Jan. 3, 2002, in the Courthouse in Eagle River. The ZBA will consider three main issues: 1) what constitutes a Home Occupation in a single family dwelling in a Resort Residential (RR) District; 2) whether sewage systems that service a commercial enterprise should be allowed in an RR District; 3) the ZBA Chairman's role in calling meetings. Read the Public Notice for this meeting.

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