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As the 2016-2017 academic year comes to a close, graduates from Michigan Tech are set to put their education to work. Nearly 1,000 graduates received their bachelors, masters and PhD’s at Saturday’s Spring Commencement. Civil Engineering major Michael Sommers is headed to a job downstate but there are things he …

UPDATE: The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the Michigan Tech University student who died in a hiking accident over the weekend in Champion Township. Authorities say Marcus Antilla, 19, of Republic has been identified as the victim. The five other MTU students have been identified as: …

Just how easy is it for someone to steal your identity? And are there any steps you can take to avoid becoming a victim? Upper Peninsula resident Bob Hartle and his wife JoAnn founded the non-profit educational corporation ID Theft Services after they were victims of identity theft. They spent …

More information can be found at http://www.finlandia.edu/academics/graduation/. Finlandia University will hold their commencement ceremony on Sunday at the Paavo Nurmi Center at 1:30pm. The commencement speaker will be Manu Virtamo, who currently serves as the Consul General of Finland to New York. Virtamo has been with the Foreign Service of Finland …

By Mark Wilcox, News Writer–Michigan Technological University Nearly 1,000 degrees will be conferred Saturday during Spring Commencement at Michigan Tech. Ceremonies begin at 10:30 a.m. in the MacInnes Student Ice Arena in the Student Development Complex. This year’s Spring Commencement speaker is Michigan Tech alumna Paula Wittbrodt, vice president of international …

Michigan Army National Guard members from the 107th Engineer Battalion in Ishpeming and Sally Berman, current president of the Friends of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, were Upper Peninsula recipients honored in East Lansing recently with Michigan Recreation and Park Association (mParks) Community Service Awards for their volunteer efforts. …

State Representative Scott Dianda is looking to change the way the cost of a liquor license is calculated for first-year business owners. Dianda’s bill would require that liquor licenses be prorated based on the approval date of the application if the license will be effective for less than nine months …

Two people were injured in a crash yesterday afternoon in Portage Township. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department responded to the crash around 3:20pm on US-41 near Pump House Road. Authorities say the accident happened when a one-ton pickup truck, driven by a 56-year-old man, was leaving Superior Rent-All’s parking lot …

HANCOCK, MI – Finlandia University’s International School of Art & Design (ISAD) 2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts Diploma Works Exhibition is featured from April 27 to Jun 2, 2017, at the Finlandia University Gallery. The Finlandia University Gallery is located in the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock. A reception …

The Portage Lake District Library will host Sandee Koski from the Michigan Alliance for Families for a workshop on Friday, April 28, from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. “Transition: Planning for High School and Beyond” is a workshop for families of students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and the team …