Scott Dianda, then a state representative, introduced House Resolution 7, in the Lansing Legislature. The resolution’s intention was to declare January as Finnish-American Heritage Month. The ...

A moving portrait of traditional Finnish American culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan highlighting that fragile community of memory connecting ourselves with parents and grandparents It ...

HANCOCK, Mich. (WLUC) - Dozens of residents and visitors stopped by Finland’s Independence Day celebration at the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock on Thursday. The event was held ...

Since it was first created in 1999, Heikinpäivä has become one of the most anticipated celebrations in the Copper Country. The annual midwinter celebration of Finnish-American and Finnish culture has ...