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Twenty-one students from Northern Michigan are being nominated by Congressman Jack Bergman for acceptance into a United States Military Academy. One of those nominations is Houghton High School’s Dante Cyrus, who was also recently endorsed by Senator Debbie Stabenow. Each year, members of Congress are tasked with selecting qualified students …

LANSING – Today Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2019-8 to help expand opportunities for businesses in Michigan’s opportunity zones, or communities that have been cut off from capital and have experienced a lack of business growth. Under the executive directive, the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) must work …

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Rick Allen talks with local entrepreneur Jacob Northey about starting a small business in the Keweenaw and the development of the Geome app. Geome In the second segment, Rick is joined by Stephanie Krieger from the Upper Peninsula Human Trafficking Task Force as January …