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Hancock, Michigan—The Herman Gundlach Fund of the Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) has announced it will award $69,531.75 to 17 local organizations to fund projects addressing community needs. The individual grant amount ranges from $1,375 to $5,000. Donor-advised funds are established at the bequest of a donor wishing to provide flexible …

Students from the Computer Science Department at Michigan Tech will provide free tutoring at the Portage Lake District Library for beginning computer users starting on Saturday, September 10. These computer help sessions with individual tutors will be held every Saturday through December 10 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Computer …

When residents in the L’Anse Area School District head to the polls on Election Day, they will decide whether to approve a 1 mill sinking fund millage. The district will not be borrowing any money, but instead putting aside the money levied each year to address different projects. L’Anse Area …

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States, yet suicide is preventable. More than 100 people throughout Baraga County are expected to participate in the annual Baraga County Out of the Darkness Community Walk hosted by the Baraga County Suicide Prevention Coalition on Saturday, September 10th …

Michigan Tech’s CareerFEST continues this week. Aerospace Day will take place Wednesday, giving students the opportunity to meet the creative and forward-thinking engineers of Aerospace and learn about the industry and how they and their majors can fit. Construction and Building Systems Day is Thursday, a day geared toward those …

The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a stolen motorcycle out of Copper City. Deputies say the motorcycle was taken from a residence sometime between 7pm August 28th and 8:00am August 29th. It is described as an orange 1972 Kawasaki Enduro 100. Authorities say they are looking to the …

The sale of an Upper Peninsula mine has again been delayed. Highland Copper Company and Copper Range Company have agreed to extend the period to complete the acquisition of the White Pine project to December 2nd, 2016. According to a statement released by Highland, the final closing of the acquisition …

The Mighty Mac isn’t the only bridge crossed on Labor Day. Dozens took part in the 13th Annual U.P. Health System—Portage Labor Day Bridge Walk in Houghton and Hancock. Walkers gathered at Kestner Waterfront Park early in the morning to start their holiday with a little exercise. U.P. Health System—Portage …

The City of Houghton Police Department has received numerous complaints of telephone communication scams. The telephone scams include people posing as a member of the City of Houghton Police Department requesting a telephone call on prior complaints, the IRS and Rachel Card Services. Police warn residents to be careful of …

Cure, Not Care—that’s the slogan for the Spinal Cord Society, an international organization for cure research and treatment of spinal cord injury and related neural problems. That’s something Tim Elmblad knows about first hand. Tim broke his neck in an automobile accident in 1979, he is now a quadriplegic, confined …