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Bridgefest has arrived! The30th annual celebration of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge and all things summer begins today. The Bridgefest Parade takes place on the Houghton side of the canal, stepping off at 7pm, starting on College Avenue and heading through downtown. Live music, food and fun is planned for …

A member of the Finnish Foreign Ministry staff in Washington, D.C. has frequently reminisced about her visit to Michigan’s Copper Country during FinnFest USA 2013 and longed for ways to return to the area. So, when she had her choice of official visits on which she could accompany Ambassador Kirsti …

June 15, 2017 — Motorists will see a new traffic pattern at the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) US-41 reconstruction project in Hancock beginning June 19. Beginning Monday, all US-41 (Front Street) traffic will shift to the southbound lanes of the highway, maintaining one lane in each direction on Front …

Click on the bold links for more details. MLB Miguel Cabrera’s two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning powered the Detroit Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays last night. Justin Verlander wasn’t sharp, but held the Rays to two runs over seven innings, and …

LANSING — State Rep. Scott Dianda (D-Calumet) announced today that the state Department of Natural Resources has agreed to pay for the emergency dredging of Lake Superior’s  Big Traverse Bay Harbor in Schoolcraft Township. Stamp sand has again nearly completely blocked the harbor and stopped boat traffic, potentially harming the …

Wondering what once stood where your favorite building is now is a thing of the past. Researchers at Michigan Tech have developed a digital map-based product called the Keweenaw Time Traveler, which allows users to explore the history of the region from 1850-1950. MTU Assistant Professor of History and Co-Director …

One of the many members of congress at the baseball field that was attacked by a lone gunman Wednesday morning was Michigan’s First Congressional District Representative, Congressman Jack Bergman. Representative Bergman spoke by phone with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos shortly after the shooting. The former marine described the scene when the …

Michigan Tech says they have reached a settlement with former student Matthew Schultz of Norway, MI, who was expelled by the university in 2015 following a controversial social media post. In a press release issued by Tech, the university says Schultz has asserted that the post was not intended as …

Click on the bold links for more details. MLB Jordan Zimmermann turned in his best performance of the season last night, but the Detroit Tigers lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1. Zimmermann gave up both Arizona runs on four hits in the first inning. He then retired 20 of the …

Since 1993 the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has been making bi-annual payments from gaming proceeds of their casinos to local units of government and to the State of Michigan.  These payments are 2% and 8% respectively and are derived from the net win from all Class III electronic games of …