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Michigan Technological University, Finlandia University, and now Gogebic Community College’s Portage Township location all have mask mandates in effect. Gogebic was the last to announce the policy, with it being enacted this morning. The precautions come as COVID-19 begins to spread in the Western Upper Peninsula again. Following a trend …

Walking on the waterfront trail through Houghton or the Quincy Mine grounds has never sounded better. The Listen at Michigan Tech app features compositions from Adam Meckler and Libby Meyer. It is available from the Rozsa Center in the Apple App Store or Google Play. The program is “geotagged” so …

The City of Houghton is bringing back “Art on the Town” for the Community Night Out September 4th. Manager Eric Waara likens it to a farmer’s market without the produce. As long as you made it. It’s a “hand-made thing,” so you could probably see anything from woodworking projects to …

Update: The identity of the woman killed in Sunday’s crash has been provided by Memorial Chapel Funeral Home. Her name is Marlene Beaudoin. Keweenaw Report reached out to the Houghton County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday for an update on the condition of the others that were hospitalized. No further information was …

Calumet Electronics is nearly finished with its headquarters expansion, and that could mean good news for your career. The company is hosting a job fair Saturday from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM looking to fill 75 positions, mostly in manufacturing. The event is being billed as family friendly. You are …

If you want to know what the next chapter in the COVID saga looks like, look to Israel. The small Middle Eastern nation has a population that is less than the State of Michigan and was one of the first countries to introduce mass vaccinations to its population. Israel only …

Bay Ambulance Director Gary Wadaga knew he was going to be a paramedic from a young age. I actually watched our local – at the time they didn’t have EMTs – respond to my grandfather who suffered a cardiac arrest, and they were able to revive him. I thought that’d …

The Army Corps of Engineers does not expect any records of the Great Lakes this year as we enter seasonal peak. Lake Superior’s all-time mark from 2019 will be safe. Water levels tend to rise until late summer before retreating through the winter period. The trough is reached right before …

The local chapter for UP Communities That Care will be participating in a free Narcan distribution event. The medicine is used primarily as a means to halt the effects from a narcotic overdose, particularly opioids and heroin. It comes in the form of a nasal spray. For Houghton and Keweeenaw …

Monday afternoon at 4:00, Hancock Police Department was called out to a dead body on the canal shoreline in the 1400 block of Jasberg Street. It had been in the water for about a week and its condition made a positive identification difficult. That same day, two women had contacted …