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The Keweenaw Peninsula is known for its opportunity of adventure.  Thrill seekers come from all over to experience our trails and slopes in the winter, with the addition of fishing and water sports in the summer. “I’m going to be living out of a canoe for a distance of about …

Small communities need the support of its healers. With the Portage Health Foundation Scholarship, local students are given tuition aid to encourage them to go into the health sciences and in the hopes that they will remain in or return to the Upper Peninsula for their careers. “We are trying …

The Portage Lake District Library will host a member of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s Consumer Education Programs team on Tuesday, June 12, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Jake Putala will discuss how to recognize telltale signs of scams prevalent in phone calls, mail, email, and texts along with steps …

The Bridgefest committee is looking for volunteers to help out with this year’s event. The community celebration takes place June 14th through the 17th.  Volunteers are needed for set-up on Friday afternoon from noon to 3pm. Help is also needed with security, checking IDs, selling drink tickets, and serving drinks.  …

A number of Michigan Tech alumni and faculty are part of the disaster response to the Kīlauea volcano eruption in Hawaii. The volcanologists, geologists, geochemists and other scientists who have been called to Hawaii’s Big Island are there to aid the state’s emergency response team. They are also there to …

A special meeting of the Houghton County Board of Commissioners will be held Friday at noon to discuss the residency status of Commissioner Scott Ala. Ala confirmed he has been in Florida and has a Florida driver’s license at another special meeting two weeks ago. The board voted to send …

As election season approaches, communities across the country discuss current political events more frequently than other times of year. While candidates stay busy on the campaign trail, voters attend rallies and debates, and Upper Peninsula residents will have a rare opportunity to attend one this weekend in Escanaba that was …

HANCOCK, Mich. — Finland’s “spice girls” are bringing added flavor to the Copper Country this summer. The Finnish folk band Jepokryddona (“Spice of Jeppo”) will headline the area’s Juhannus celebration, performing the upbeat, lively tunes that represent the heritage of their part of Finland, and offer workshops in their region’s …

A program that brings Michigan kids and their teachers more active ways to apply science and engineering to solve real-life problems has grown from 1,700 middle-school students in 2015 to 45,000 in 2018. Mi-STAR, which stands for Michigan Science Teaching and Assessment Reform, was spearheaded by faculty and staff at …

LANSING, Mich.—The Historical Society of Michigan announces the winners of its 2018 Upper Peninsula History Awards, which will be presented during its 69th annual Upper Peninsula History Conference in St. Ignace, Michigan, June 22-24, 2018. Each year, the Historical Society of Michigan presents two awards at the Upper Peninsula History Conference: the Charles …