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A Michigan Tech student has been recognized as one of one hundred voyager students. Quinn Riordan of Minneapolis has been chosen as one of the students in the second cohort of the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service. The one hundred students considered voyagers come from 33 states and are …

Trail Three between Dollar Bay and Lake Linden will re-open this coming snowmobile season for the first time in five years. In 2018, the Father’s Day flood caused an immense amount of damage along the off-road trail. Leaving behind more than 170 remediation sites, and a project that would cost …

Rev. Robert Langseth, a longtime Calumet resident, passed away at age 90 this week. Langseth was well-known by many in the area for his work in the community. As a long-serving reverend, Langseth kept the spiritual well-being of his community. He also left a lasting mark on the village and …

For 60 years the Copper Country Mental Health has supported individuals in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon counties. Today the group will hold a series of open houses at their facilities throughout the copper country. This evening residents can stop by their local Copper Country Mental Health location and meet …

Since the Nature Conservancy purchased more than 32,000 acres in the Keweenaw Peninsula, the group has been hard at work taking an inventory of the land’s assets, as well as working with a group of local stakeholders helping to advise the conservation group as to what are the major priorities …

There is one week left in the National Rural Health Day Essay Contest. Northern Michigan University’s Center for Rural Health invites high school seniors to take part in the center’s annual essay contest to earn a scholarship toward higher education. The center awards high school seniors in the upper peninsula’s …

The city of Hancock will sign off on a purchase agreement with O’Keefe LLC to purchase three Finlandia University properties. Last night during the city’s public hearing to consider the property purchase of Mannerheim, Nikander, and Wargelin halls, residents expressed an understanding that purchasing the structures will jump start any …

The Keweenaw County Sheriff upgrades back-country communications with a destination development grant from Visit Keweenaw. Over the summer the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Department was awarded a 20,000 dollar grant to visit Keweenaw as a part of its destination development awards focused on expanding safe outdoor recreation in the copper country. …

Michigan Technological University has officially gained approval for the school’s bachelor’s degree in nursing. The Higher Learning Commission recently approved Michigan Technological University’s request to offer a bachelor’s of science in nursing. The degree program has additionally gained approvals from the Michigan Board of Nursing and its professional accreditor over …

The Hancock police department is searching for a person in connection with graffiti tagged on Finlandia University’s campus. The Hancock police department was notified of a suspicious person on the Finlandia University campus who may have spray-painted several walls of Wargelin, and Nikander halls. One tagged wall shows an obscene …