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The Upper Peninsula celebrated its nominal 183rd birthday Saturday. On December 14th, 1836, Michigan territorial leaders meeting at Ann Arbor agreed to accept the compromise in which Michigan gained the Upper Peninsula, and gave up claims to the Toledo Strip. The meeting on a frigid day in a poorly heated …

Northern Michigan University will establish a new center dedicated to rural health services. The Board of Trustees approved the move Friday. The Northern Michigan Center for Rural Health will be affiliated with the Michigan Center for Rural Health. It will be based on campus, with some programs delivered using distance …

All of the incumbents running in Saturday’s Keweenaw Bay Indian Community election have been returned to their jobs. Unofficial results released by the Tribal government show that Gary Loonsfoot, Jr., easily won reelection in the L’Anse District with 307 votes. Former council member Eddy Edwards won the other available L’Anse …

The City of Houghton will welcome the holiday season tomorrow. The Carnegie Museum will hold its annual open house between 2:00 and 4:00. Houghton Mayor Pro Tem Robert Megowen says you can decorate a miniature gingerbread house, pose with Santa… At 4:00, walk down Huron Street to enjoy the Victorian-Inspired …

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will hold its annual general election tomorrow. Voters will be asked to choose two Tribal Council members from each district. In alphabetical order, candidates in the L’Anse District are Donald Chosa Jr., Michael P. Lahti, Carole LaPointe, incumbent Rodney Loonsfoot, and Don Messer Jr. Baraga …

Finlandia University is added a new course of study. Beginning next fall, students will be able to declare creative writing as a minor. The track will include five core classes that focus on fiction writing, poetry, creative non-fiction, contemporary literature, and a creative writing portfolio. An additional elective or internship …

The U.S. Coast Guard has begun ice breaking operations in the northern Great Lakes. Operation Taconite began a week earlier than last year, as ice began to cover ports and critical shipping lanes. The cutter Katmai Bay will be responsible for keeping the shipping lane between Sault Sainte Marie and …

The Michigan Tech Board of Trustees will meet this morning. Among the items trustees will review are recommendations from the University Senate that the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, and School of Business and Economics both be elevated to college levels. The recent University Senate resolution that calls …

On the heels of yesterday’s report of a successful Giving Tuesday campaign by the Portage Health Foundation, Finlandia University is also announcing good news. Marketing and Communications Director Olivia Myers tells us the university raised $62,403.25 on December 3rd. That total includes a $20,000 matching grant from Finlandia Board President …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed a series of bills that will expand the number of online retailers that will need to collect Michigan sales tax. The bills extend the six percent levy to third-party retailers who sell items directly on such websites as Amazon, Wayfair and Overstock, even if those …