Out on Torch Lake will be the third annual fastest show on h2o, the Jeff Moyle Memorial Watercross race. Lake Linden is one of the International Watercross Association’s most pristine venues on their circuit. The watercross race is hosted by and benefits the Lake Linden Fire Department, who will put …

Today the Portage Lake Lift Bridge earned a new milestone achievement. This morning ASCE Society President, Dennis Truax presented Houghton City Clerk Ann Volrath and Hancock Mayor Paul LaBine with placards commemorating the lift bridge as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. A small crowd gathered at Bridgeview Park in …

Michigan Deprtment of Transportation Director Paul Ajegba is in town today. He is in the area for the Portage Lake Lift Bridge’s dedication ceremony tomorrow and to check on the status of the College Avenue project. He and other local MDOT officials toured the construction project, starting off near where …

Tomorrow morning Houghton and Hancock will receive plaques commemorating the Portage Lake Lift Bridge as a Civil Engineering Historic Landmark, from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Taking a look back, there have been two other bridges that have connected the mainland to the rest of the peninsula. The need …

Most of MTU’s students may have moved home for the summer, but some are sticking around to continue research with the school’s Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area (KISMA). Soon enough teams studying the spread of European Frog Bite and Invasive Phragmites. Teams are split up, and travel around the area …

Travelers to the Porcupine Mountains this summer can view the world through a different lens. The park is introducing new scenic viewfinders in the park specifically for those that are colorblind. The most common form being red and green color blindness, which can make it difficult for colorblind people view …

Proposed changes to funding allotments by the U.S. Employment and Training Administration could reduce the number of services provided by Michigan Works!. Putting an end to Michigan’s established service delivery model, which uses local staff to respond quickly to job-seekers needs. The proposed changes likely reduce Michigan Works! staff from …

CLK Elementary is recognized once again named as a national showcase school by capturing kids hearts. This is the second year in a row that CLK Elementary has been recognized, and they join 378 other schools across the country being recognized this year. Capturing Kids Hearts selects schools as a …

Michigan Works! is continuing their support of Upper Peninsula employers and employee training. Recently Aspirius Health received 52,500 dollars from Michigan Works!, going pro talent fund for helping employee training at their three locations in Gogebic, Houghton and Iron counties. The funds will be used to support the Medical Assistant …

Michigan state police are hosting their first U.P. Teen Defensive Driving course in just two more weeks. A long-time program, that shows teen proper defensive driving maneuvers, typically takes place downstate. Due to the pandemic, m-s-p had to put off bringing the program to students in the Upper Peninsula. The …