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Visit Keweenaw awards $85,000 to recreation and community projects
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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CMU and FSU GEAR UP take 50 students on an Upper Peninsula college tour
Xzavier Simon
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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Transforming Alger County: Blight removal and revitalization
Jennifer Champagne
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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Riding the wave
Ann Dallman
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
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Building opportunities for U.P. students to enter the construction trades
Jennifer Donovan
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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Finlandia's Old Main lives again
Jennifer Donovan
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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Mackinac Island hosts briefing on upcoming Great Lakes cruising season
Jason M. Karel
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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Proactive zoning attracts new businesses to Kingsford
Rosemary Parker
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
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Outdoor industry thought leader Luis Benitez sees economic potential in rural Michigan
Shandra Martinez
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Mapping a better future for broadband in Michigan
UPword Staff
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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Helping U.P. farmers extend the growing season
Rosemary Parker
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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A positive impact on art and culture in the eastern U.P.
Ann Dallman
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
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Now playing: More improvements at historic Soo Theatre
Rosemary Parker
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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SS Arlington discovered in Lake Superior
Brice Burge
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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Climbers descend on Munising for Michigan Ice Fest
UPword Staff
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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'Big Annie' to get her due -- supporters raise money to build a statue to honor the Calumet activist
Rosemary Parker
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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New scholarship helps students at Great Lakes Boat Building School
Brice Burge
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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Another daycare opens through Childcare SPARK
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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Former Finlandia cultural institutions preserved
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