Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
PEOPLE MILL about during the Little Finland 60th anniversary on Sunday afternoon. The celebration featured live music, games, a meal, and tours of historic structures.
By MEGAN HUGHES
HURLEY - Members of Little Finland have dedicated themselves to preserving local Finnish roots for 60 years.
That's the word from Ken Hannula, board president of Little Finland, which is a National Finnish American Festival Cultural Center.
To celebrate those 60 years, Little Finland held a gathering on Sunday, complete with live music, good food and tours of the historic structures surrounding the main hall.
According to Hannula, Little Finland began at a storefront in downtown Hurley in 1964, until it eventually moved to the dry storage building of Whi...
