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Finlandia University welcomes renowned documentary filmmaker Byron Hurt to the area for an event titled “Locker Room Talk or Toxic Masculinity?” on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Finnish American Heritage Center. “Byron Hurt provides an opportunity for our campus to think critically about gender, class and racial stereotypes and how those stereotypes …

HOUGHTON, MI, USA (Sept 21, 2018) – The Michigan Forest Biomaterials Institute (MiFBI) and FinnZone will host multiple Finnish forestry and bioproducts companies October 16 to 19 in Houghton-Hancock for the upcoming Michigan-Finland Summit on Forest Bioproducts. The visit will also include meetings with FinnZone personnel, and tours of FinnZone-SmartZone …

Work to upgrade the traffic signals will begin this week at several intersections in Houghton. The Michigan Department of Transportation will be working on the lights at M-26 and Sharon Avenue, Brickyard Lane and Green Acres Road, as well as US-41 at MacInnes Drive and at Isle Royale Street. Upgrades …

Psychologist was charged after it was alleged he was giving patients Oxycodone, other drugs in exchange for sexual favors LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced his criminal division has charged psychologist Michael Wallace Varney, 61, of Caspian, with 50 felony counts on allegations he provided patients with oxycodone …

HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN – The National Park Service (NPS) announced Friday the beginning of implementation of the Record of Decision of the Plan to Address Wolf Presence on Isle Royale National Park that was signed in June.  This fall, the NPS working with partners and other agencies, plans to translocate up …

As the stalemate between the contractor’s association and union road workers carries on, the state is looking at bringing in the National Guard to get key projects moving again. Union road workers have been locked out for three weeks after the two sides failed to come to an agreement following …

[Hancock, MI] The Portage Health Foundation (PHF) has continued to receive generous donations for their Flood with Love initiative that is helping homeowners get into safe, healthy homes. PHF received a generous donation from Weyerhaeuser of $10,000 to support this initiative. “Citizenship is one of the core values of our …

Two Finnish energy experts are coming to the Copper Country. One is the CEO of a factory in Finland that builds extremely efficient biomass generators, and the other is a researcher at Finland’s BioEconomy Center. They will be part of the Energy Meet-UP next Friday at the Finnish American Heritage …

Houghton Douglass Falls will soon be a State Park in honor of veterans. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources purchased the falls Thursday and says it plans to reopen what is arguably the state’s tallest waterfall for the public to enjoy. Houghton Douglass Falls is a location that many locals …

More reliable power and transmission can be expected when two new generating plants in the Upper Peninsula are complete. Governor Rick Snyder had a call to action in 2015 because he felt there was energy crisis in the UP. “When we set out to develop our project we were looking …