Finlandia donors can triple their gifts this Giving Tuesday, as the university will have two matching incentives: A member of the Board of Trustees has agreed to match all donations dollar for dollar that are made on Giving Tuesday, up to $20,000. Finlandia is also participating in Facebook’s Giving Tuesday program, in which they …

An open house to discuss the Torch Lake Superfund site will be held Wednesday at the Lake Linden-Hubbell School from 5:30-7:30pm. The event is being hosted by the US Environmental Protection Agency to discuss how residents can protect themselves and their neighbors from contamination left after a cleanup project at …

The Copper Country ISD will be hosting an Open House at the newly renovated CTE Center Tuesday from 4-8pm on Quincy Street in Hancock. The public is invited to come see the new classrooms, meet the teachers, students and see what the CCISD has to offer students in the Copper …

A staff member from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will present a seminar on the Michigan PFAS (P-Faws) Action Response Team. Michigan Tech’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is sponsoring the guest lecture by the DEQ’s Ian Smith at noon on Wednesday in the M&M building U113. Perfluoroalkyl …

November 9, 2018 —From high-tech to low, The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has implemented projects across the Upper Peninsula this year designed to make highways safer – now and in the future. MDOT safety projects are part of a larger effort to help move the state “Toward Zero Deaths” (TZD). …

HANCOCK ­ Gary M. Lanala, 68, of Hancock, passed away on Thursday morning, November 8, 2018, at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born in Bessemer, on July 19, 1950, a son of the late Arnold and Edith (Somero) Lanala. He was a graduate of Houghton High School and …

Gardenview Assisted Living and Memory Care in Calumet announced today that Lake Linden resident, Adam Gill, has been named Director of Sales and Marketing. Previous Director of Sales and Marketing, Trevor Corey, has been working hand in hand with Gill to assure a smooth transition, before he relocates to Minnesota …

Every year, Portage Health Auxiliary decorates and lights a Christmas tree “In Honor of those still with us”, and “In memory of those who have gone before us”. Donations to Lights of Love go into a healthcare scholarship fund.  Every year, several students from Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties …

Marquette, MI, November 8, 2018 – UP Health System – Portage and UP Health System – Marquette have been awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes UP Health System’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the …

The Houghton Skate Park is nearing completion, but skaters will have to wait until the upcoming spring to use it.  Colder temperatures and a lengthy rain season have slowed the project slightly, moving the estimated completion date to the end of next week, with a Grand Opening planned for the …