The Dixon Ticonderoga Writers’ Group (DTWG) announces its latest writing contest for high school students in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties. The Rules The writing should be your best original work, and must be word-processed with standard formatting (consult your teacher!).  Your name CANNOT appear on the writing itself.  Attach the …

DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announces the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., will open Sunday, March 25, marking the beginning of the 2018 Great Lakes shipping season. “Although, we have yet to know which ship will be the first through the locks this …

Plans may soon be underway to begin the final phase of the Keweenaw Point Trail. The Copper Harbor Trails Club is applying for a grant from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund and recently asked the Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners for a letter of support. The trail will ultimately …

WASHINGTON (March 22, 2018) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $15,000 for a Phase I student team from Michigan Technological University in Houghton through the People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) grants program. Michigan Technological University’s P3 project is the “Separation and Recovery of Individual Components from the End-of-Life Lithium-ion Batteries.” …

The search for 25-year-old Raleigh Harrington from the St. Ignace area man is over. The Michigan State Police say after an extensive search by land, air and water, the body of the missing man was found in a heavily wooded area of Mackinac County. Although there is still an active …

Atlantic Mine/ Onnela Location Graveside services with military honors for Alvin W. Gagnon, Sr., who passed away March 22, 2018 will be held Monday, May 21, 2018 at 2pm in the Liminga Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the E.B. Holman School in the cafeteria. To view Alvin’s obituary or …

Hancock, Robert Leo (Rob) Roy passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility with his family by his side. He was born on July 24, 1933 in Hancock, Michigan, a son of Leo and Dorothy Roy. Rob graduated from St. Joseph-St. Patrick School, Hancock High …

Michigan Technological University’s College of Engineering has moved up and again is ranked among the top 100 graduate engineering schools in the US News & World Reports “Best Graduate School” rankings. Michigan Tech ranked 83rd of more than 200 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees. Tech moved up from last year’s …

In an effort to promote diversity in the outdoors, the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition has teamed up with Michigan Tech’s Center for Science and Environmental Outreach and will to host a series of presentations this the weekend on campus.   Diversity in the outdoors. What exactly does that mean? It …

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — U.S. Coast Guard cutters are breaking ice in Lake Superior, Bay of Green Bay, Straits of Mackinac and the St. Marys River as part of Spring Breakout in preparation for the seasonal opening of the Soo Locks, which are scheduled to open to commercial vessel traffic on Sunday. The U.S. …