ABC-10 reports months after the nurses at UP Health System—Marquette went on strike, the nurses will again be voting to authorize a strike this weekend. “We are deeply disappointed that Duke LifePoint managers have failed to address our staffing and other outstanding concerns in contract negotiations. Members will vote on …
Read More »Contract Reached With New Michigan Tech President
Michigan Tech has come to an agreement on a five-year contract with their newly elected president. Beginning July 1st, Dr. Richard Koubek’s salary will be $450,000 a year and he will also be named a tenured professor. An at risk portion of his compensation is set up to $25,000, with …
Read More »Company Faces Fine For Damaging Pipelines
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has notified Vanenkevort Tug and Barge, Inc. that he will bring a civil action against the company whose ship dragged an anchor across State bottomlands and submerged electric and petroleum pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac, causing the release of a hazardous substance and …
Read More »Obituary: Janet Myrna Magnant
Janet Myrna Magnant, age 86 formerly of Skanee, MI passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at Shulstad’s Leisure Living in Baraga, MI. Visitation will be on Saturday, April 21st from 10-11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Skanee. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. at Zion …
Read More »Obituary: Patricia A. Isakson
Chassell Patricia A. Isakson, 87, a resident of South Entry Lane, Chassell, passed away at home with her family by her side on Monday, April 16, 2018. The Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes of Chassell are assisting the family with the arrangements which will be announced at a later …
Read More »Project Learning Lab’s End-of-Semester Student Art Exhibit Opens Wednesday
HOUGHTON, MI, Wednesday, April 11, 2018– The Rozsa Center and the Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are excited to announce their semi-annual student showcase, titled From There to Here, featuring works of art created by Michigan Tech students who are participating in Project Learning Lab, an innovative arts …
Read More »Local Teen Helping To Support Beacon House
A local teenager is paying it forward and showing her appreciation for an Upper Peninsula charity as she has enlisted the help of area businesses and raised several thousand dollars. The Beacon House is a non profit hospitality house that gives medical patients and their families a place to stay …
Read More »Copper Harbor Trails Club Eyeing Start Of Season
Although the tip of the Keweenaw is still under a thick blanket of snow, the Copper Harbor Trails Club is anxiously waiting to open up the 2018 mountain biking season. “The trails are not open yet. We’ve had a lot of snow. It’s been a pretty cold spring so we …
Read More »Survey Of Line 5 Damage Continues
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and the Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) are notifying residents near the Straits of Mackinac to increased activity related to damage to American Transmission Co.’s electrical transmission lines and Enbridge Energy’s Line 5. Crews …
Read More »Remains Of Calumet Soldier Identified
A soldier from Calumet who has been missing since the Vietnam War has now been accounted for. An announcement from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency earlier this month said the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Marshall F. Kipina were identified. The aircraft Kipina was serving on was lost on a …
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