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Go Fund Me Page Set Up For Ripley Family

A house fire in Ripley over the weekend has destroyed a family’s home and their belongings. The fire happened on Saturday leaving the Julio family’s house a total loss and also reportedly destroyed all of their possessions. A Go Fund Page has been set up to collect funds and donations …

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New Opportunity for Choreographers and Composers in 2019: Rabbit Island and The Rozsa Center Create Residency Program

HOUGHTON, MI – December 14, 2018 – The Rabbit Island Foundation and Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts announce a new 2019 residency opportunity: The three-week Choreographer and Composer Residency encourages collaboration between a choreographer and composer in a wild natural setting offering time, space, and financial support to explore …

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UP Man Honored With Lifetime Commitment To Conservation Award

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission recently honored longtime conservationist and Upper Peninsula native Tony Demboski with the Thomas L. Washington Lifetime Commitment to Conservation Award. The award was presented Thursday at the commission’s regular monthly meeting in Lansing. “Working with the DNR, NRC, legislative groups and so many other organizations …

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Student Innovation On Display for Board of Trustees

A recent Michigan Technological University graduate presented the “Strunnel” to the Board of Trustees at its regular meeting on December 14, 2018. In May 2018, four Michigan Tech students shared their Senior Design project — an underwater utility corridor spanning the Straits of Mackinac — with Michigan law- and policymakers at the …

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Michigan Tech Holds 2018 Fall Commencement

You can tell its graduation at Michigan Tech, when area hotels are booked solid, and Husky pride fills the Student Development Complex on a Saturday morning. Parents, siblings, and loved ones filled two levels of bleachers in the Wood gym, while 325 eager graduates awaited that walk across the stage …

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Unofficial KBIC General Election Results

The unofficial results of this weekend’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community general election are in. In the Baraga District, the top two vote getters for the Tribal Council were Warren “Chris” Swartz, Jr. with 274 and Kim Klopstein with 260. Elizabeth “Beth” Conner received 253 votes and Sue Ellen “Suzie” Elmblad …

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