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Plans are underway for an addition at the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College. The addition includes an industrial vocational education center that will serve local high school and college students. The center will house the building trades, welding booths, automotive technology and industrial manufacturing programs. The total cost of the …

A Grand Rapids man accused of murdering his sister in Laurium last year will begin trial next month. A pretrial hearing was held Monday for 33-year-old Christian Paul Kitti in Houghton County Circuit Court. Kitti is charged in the shooting death of his sister, 44-year-old Kimberly Renee Bess of Calumet …

Local hockey historian and Michigan Tech professor Bill Sproule will discuss “Pucks and Guts,” focusing on local hockey and Guts Frisbee history, at a presentation next Tuesday. The discussion will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton. The talk will include the unveiling of 12 historical …

A Houghton Middle School science team is celebrating its 3rd win of the Lexus Eco Challenge land and water category. The annual science competition has awarded the 10 member 8th grade team a $10,000 prize.   Students are given a couple of guideline categories and they then identify a problem …

Finlandia University announced today the implementation of “In-State Transfer Tuition Pricing,” available to Michigan and non-Michigan residents. This first-of-its-kind tuition reset helps establish FinnU as a transfer-friendly leader in the Midwest and beyond. Beginning with the January 2018 semester, Finlandia will reset tuition to $12,594 per year or $6,297 per …

LAURIUM, MI –On National Rural Health Day, Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital was recognized by The Chartis Center for Rural Health/iVantage Health Analytics and the National Organization of State Office of Rural Health (NOSORH) for overall excellence in Quality and Patient Perspective. This recognition reflects top quartile performance among all rural hospitals …

Startup companies founded by Michigan Technological University professors brought home more than half a million dollars from the 2017 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. Orbion Space Technology, a firm founded by Professor L. Brad King, took top prize in the competition in Detroit on Nov. 16.   Orbion won $500,000 in cash …

The holidays are meant to be a time of joy, but if your child is sick, the season offers little reason to be cheerful. Three years ago, 9-year-old Jacob Thompson was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer. He is currently at Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, …

CORRECTION–Due to a scheduling conflict, ABC-10 will air “Jammed Together” will air at 11am What are the Keweenaw Roller Girls really like? A mini documentary featuring the fast skating, hard bruising roller derby team is airing this Sunday on ABC-10. “Jammed Together” follows the team as they embark on their …

The future of the Gluten-Free Recipe Exchange will be discussed at their meeting Monday. They will also discuss ideas for presentations, speakers, and films but waning interest in the group’s meetings is forcing them to consider taking a break and no longer meeting unless and until people want it to resume. …