Keweenaw Crane Service, LLC recently had some crane mats stolen from their property on US-41 sometime in the last couple of days. They are asking for whoever did take the pads, to please return them. 30 pads were taken, at a value of $500. Keweenaw Crane Service has stated …

Keweenaw Wild Ones is hosting the Keweenaw Native Plant Symposium virtually this year. On Saturday attendees can tune in and hear from a variety of speakers talking about the importance of native plants, pollinators, and how native plants help reestablish a region’s biodiversity. Heather Holm is the symposium’s keynote speaker. …

MDOT will restart the College Avenue project on Monday. The summer road project will impact travel around the university and going east out of Houghton on US-41. The next stage of the project is scheduled for throughout summer. To start MDOT will allow traffic to travel north on college avenue …

Michigan Tech graduates will also take to the stage this weekend. On Saturday graduates and their families will gather in MacInnes Ice Arena for commencement. Calumet native, Brooke Tienhaara, will deliver the student speaker speech. Graduating students will also hear from writer, radio host, and college instructor John U. Bacon. …

Finlandia University’s commencement is bound to be an exciting time for students and families. This year’s graduating class will hear from one of their own, in student representative, Arty Puntus. As well as Vance Blackfox, the Director of Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations with the Evangelical Lutheran Church. On Saturday, …

Michigan Tech is breaking ground on their H-STEM Engineering and Health Technologies Complex. Tomorrow the university is inviting the public to a ground breaking ceremony. The new complex will begin work near the Chemical Sciences and Engineering building on the west end of campus. The H-STEM Complex will play a …

Last Friday MTU students won at Central Michigan Univeristy’s New Venture Challenge. Each year the two universities collaborate so Tech students have an opportunity to showcase innovative business ideas. In total four huskies were awarded for pitches on ecommerce solutions in construction material supply chains, an electronic child safety bracelet, …

Calumet’s Community Gardens is looking for gardeners for the 2022 growing season. Last year, Main Street Calumet and the village partnered together to establish a community gardens. With the help of Youth Work, local volunteers and the Upper Michigan Water Company, 16 4×8 garden beds were established in the 400 …

A group of local students collected 6,000 books last month. In March, the Student Leadership Advisory Council of the Keweenaw held book drives at schools in Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw counties. Hancock school collected the most books for the event, amassing 2,857 books in total. Students then donated all 6,000 …

Skiers and swimmers from 6 schools in the area are joining forces for a co op in both sports. Houghton Portage Township Schools approved the co op between themselves, Hancock, Jeffers, Lake Linden-Hubbell, Chassell and Dollar Bay for high school skiing and swimming. Additionally, with the school year wrapping up …