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[HOUGHTON, MI August 8, 2017—] BHK Child Development Center, the fiscal agency for Superior AmeriCorps, was awarded another three years of funding to continue running the local AmeriCorps program. Superior AmeriCorps first received funding in 1997, and has been in continuous operation since then. It is one of the longest standing …

University Research & Review says Finlandia University is one of their Best Value Schools for 2018. This marks the second consecutive year Finlandia has made the list. “If you are an individual who likes to experience the four seasons in a unique academic environment and don’t want to create a …

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is looking to slow the spread of chronic wasting disease with a new series of deer hunting regulations. The action came after months of commission members and Department of Natural Resources staff hearing from hunters, residents and others interested in the long-term health of the …

A Marquette County man is recovering after being hit by a cement truck Thursday. Troopers from the Negaunee State Police Post responded to the accident around 10am on M-95 near Witch Lake in Republic Township. 49-year-old Dean Lindblom of Quinnesec was walking along the road when he was struck by …

A suspected crystal meth dealer is under arrest in Iron County. On Wednesday, detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at a residence on Oswald Street in the village of Crystal Falls. Over 40 grams of crystal meth as well as evidence of drug distribution …

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will not be providing assistance for individuals in Houghton, Gogebic, and Menominee Counties following the June flooding. US Senator Gary Peters issued a statement Thursday following the denial of individual assistance though FEMA had previously declared these areas eligible to receive assistance through the Public …

The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department was called to the scene of an abandoned meth lab near Baltic on Wednesday. The abandoned lab was located by workers in the area cutting trees along the power lines. The workers located the lab within the confines of a concrete tunnel near the old …

The Portage Lake District Library will host a presentation on services that are offered by Aging Life Care on Thursday, August 16, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Maureen Jensen and Carol Johnson Pfefferkorn will present a detailed explanation of Aging Life Care, a holistic, client-centered approach to caring for older …

The unveiling of the Maritime Autonomy Research Site (MARS), the first freshwater testbed of its kind in the world, will take place at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10 at Michigan Technological University’s Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC). The unveiling of MARS coincides with the launch of the Smart Ships Coalition, designed to study …

International industry leaders and research engineers from mining and mineral processing are in town for the 7th annual meeting of the Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steelmaking Center, hosted by Michigan Tech. This year’s theme is “New Paradigms in Mineral Processing.” The formal meeting features speakers from India, China, Chile, Brazil, …