Ahmeek News

“A lot of people are really happy that I got the job of being a grand marshal.”

' Neil Isaacson could be bitter. It was almost 38 years ago, one night in June 1970. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“My toes are lined up and my shoulders are square", says Isaacson. "When he tells me it's all clear, that's when I swing.”

For the past 38 years, all Neil Isaacson has seen is darkness. The former Marine Corporal lost his sight and two fingers, and he suffered shrapnel injuries when he tripped a booby trap in Quang Nam Province in ... via WLUC-TV Negaunee

“This Thursday we're having jugglers.”

' Silk scarf dying. Scrapbooking. Homemade pizza night. Keweenaw Krayons' Teen Tuesdays are filled with flavorful after-school activities for area youth. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“It's a warm, beautiful environment instead of a motel that gives you breakfast.”

Three historic Upper Peninsula lighthouses on Lake Superior welcome guests as bed and breakfast inns: Jacobsville, Sand Hills and Big Bay Point. via Ann Arbor News

“If you feel badly, begin taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root Remedy. If disorders of the kidneys are not treated”

About 35 years ago my wife and I, with her brother, Bill Schmid, and his wife, Joan, and our children went camping one summer way up at Copper Harbor, at the tip of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, that juts out ... via Peshtigo Times Wisconsin Community Ne...

Eva Stefonich, 84, a resident of Our Lady of Mercy in Hubbell and former Copper City resident, passed away on Tuesday morning, April 1, 2008. via The Daily Mining Gazette

Mary Bigando, age 96, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2008 at Cypress Manor Nursing Home. via The Daily Mining Gazette

Fred Maninga, 81, a resident of Ahmeek, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at Keweenaw Memorial Medical center in Laurium following a short illness. via The Daily Mining Gazette

Darinka Gregorich, 95, passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2008, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“A structural fire is typically very hot”

Jane Nordberg DMG Writer COPPER HARBOR - Two Keweenaw County fire departments were recently awarded grants through the Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. via The Daily Mining Gazette

Agnes A. Mutter HOUGHTON - Agnes A. Mutter of Houghton, died peacefully on January 24, 2008 at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility where she had been a resident for seven years. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“He was a history buff and he like drama so he wrote this skit. We thought we'd kind of follow along the path of what we did 10 years ago.”

Wednesday is a significant day in the life of the Bethany Lutheran Church in Mohawk. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“They obviously got sick from that”

A 38-year-old Ahmeek man has begun serving a 20-month to eight-year sentence for selling a controlled substance to two minors in November, according to Keweenaw County Sheriff Ron Lahti. via The Daily Mining Gazette

A collision with a log truck claimed the life of a 20-year-old man from Calumet, Saturday. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“It doesn't look like there's anything significant coming”

It's the second week of November in the Copper Country, so of course it's snowing. via The Daily Mining Gazette