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So I just get back home from the Post Office and I go to check on the wood boiler and it smells kind of like chicken cooking. I wonder why in the heck would I be smelling the smell of cooked chicken? Turns out I had forgotten that earlier today, I had tossed a dead grouse into it to dispose of...

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State Champs in Girls Division C Basketball !!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Sweetie! Love, The Old Buck

So the MI Tech Huskies hosted game one of the playoffs last night against Alabama-Huntsville and it was a game to remember. It took all of 3 periods and one minute shy of 3 full overtimes for the only goal of the game to be scored, coming off the stick off a tech player. The UA goalie played a...

Happy Birthday Bruce! -John

So Kraft foods is running a competition to come up with the city/town to be named "Hockeyville USA" The winning down will host an NHL pre-season game and also be awarded $150,000 for improvements to the hockey program/facilities. Houghton has been nominated and is in the running. I can't...

Here is a nice shot of the big lake from yesterday. Compare that with just 2 weeks ago. Add some 25 MPH winds from the west tonight and tomorrow and the western end might just be back in business. Getting late in the season for a lot more LES though. -John

From this afternoon. About as frozen as I have ever seen it. Only the deep navy blue is open water. Now all we need is about 3,000,000,000,000,000 gallons of your favorite distillate and it's party time! -John

There will be a film crew at Roy's Pasties and Bakery in Houghton down by the bridge. Roy's is one of 3 small businesses in MI left in the running for the small business of the year award and is the reason for the filming. They are hoping to get a crew of snowmobilers to come in and enjoy their...

The 10th annual Run-for-Fun vintage sled event will be held in Copper Harbor on the weekend of the 14th. There is a vintage Rupp that is being raffled off and you can get tickets to win it. Here is the sled- Here is more info on the event and where the proceeds go: Run for Fun Keweenaw Random...

Happy Birthday buddy! -John

For those that do not read the journal, I have some great news. First, we raised $2000 at the Bear Belly Bar and Grill yesterday. A HUGE thanks to Troy/Cathy and crew for all they did! Second, Rt 12 Arctic Cat is donating a Z120 for the event. It will be silent auctioned off at the banquet...

I just got back from a meeting in which I was told that the protective mat across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge will be put down Monday, January 26th. -John

Too funny! https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>video.php?v=1084580131565045&<wbr>fref=nf -John

I was sent this link. Not sure if everyone has seen it, so I thought I would share. http://www.charlesbombardier.com/2014/12/farouche/#sthash.7ObzDiIn.3eeXKy7G.dpbs Looks interesting! -John

The big 6 today! That's 42 for you and I... :) They haven't changed a bit! -John

For those awake in the Green Bay area this morning, those flurries you saw falling around 5-6 am were lake effect snow. However, not from Lake MI, but rather Lake Superior! That is about as far south as I have ever seen LES fall in WI. I have seen bands from Lake MI make it into west central IN...

A nice convergence band has developed across far northern Houghton and most of Keweenaw County. I am experiencing snowfall rates of 1-2"/hr right now. I am not sure how long it will last, as a change of just a degree or so in the winds will make a big difference in what the band does, but it...