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Bills introduced in Lansing would make it more difficult to designate historic districts in Michigan. The bills would update the 1970 Historic Districts Act to give the local public more influence in the process of establishing and keeping the districts. Currently, new historic districts are determined by commissions at the …

A new phone scam is targeting residents in the area. The Michigan State Police say a Calumet resident received a phone call from a number listed as Aspirus Keweenaw. The caller stated that the resident had been selected to have their debt forgiven. The called informed the resident about always …

A South Range woman is now being charged with three felonies in connection with a robbery of the Range Lounge in South Range. 36-year-old Sasha Anderson had been charged with making a false report of felony—punishable by up to four years in prison, which was dismissed on Wednesday. Appearing in …

What better way to spend a winter weekday evening than learning a new skill, and embracing your ancestral roots? That’s what the staff at the Finnish American Heritage Center had in mind when they crafted this semester’s lineup of community enrichment programming. This term’s lineup includes several language opportunities. These …

HOUGHTON, Michigan (January 28, 2016) –The Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) along with partners Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance (KEDA), MTEC SmartZone, Keweenaw Young Professionals (KYP), and the Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau (KCVB) are hosting the fourth annual Keweenaw Community Sparkplug Awards Dinner, a local business awards ceremony, on Thursday, …

The Muslim Student Association at Michigan Tech recently held the first in a series of public cultural lectures. President of the Muslim Student Association, Khaled Jadi says the idea behind this series is to present the public with a direct informational source of Islamic culture, instead of leaving people to …

Heikinpäivä, Hancock’s mid-winter celebration, is Saturday. The tori opens up at 10am at the Finnish American Heritage Center and the First United Methodist Church, offering a wide range of craft items and baked goods. Family Fun Day activities will be taking place at Quincy Green from 10:00-2:00, where kids can …

Computer Science is still a male-dominated field but Michigan Tech is doing their part to change that. The university has once again been selected to participate in the Pacesetters program, designed to increase the number of women involved in computing. Pacesetters is a group of 42 organizations that work with …

Michigan residents aren’t happy with how Governor Snyder has handled the Flint water crisis. A new poll by EPIC-MRA found 69-percent have a negative impression of how the governor has responded. Twenty-one percent view it positively. Ten-percent are undecided. Despite their overwhelming unhappiness, just 29-percent of those polled believe Governor …

A rule change impacting how parents can apply for a non-medical immunization waiver for their child is being credited with a 39 percent drop in the number of requests for a waiver. Jennifer Eisner with the state Department of Health and Human Services says, this time around, parents had to …