The Michigan Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers has released its 2018 Report Card for Michigan’s Infrastructure. Michigan received an overall grade of D+, but received a D- for its roads because 39 percent of the 120,000 miles of paved roads are rated in poor condition, 43 percent …

No doubt, the people of the Upper Peninsula have a dialect all their own, but where did it come from and what does it mean to those who live here? Author Kathryn Remlinger explores the native dialect in her book, Yooper Talk: Dialect as Identity in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “My …

Gwinn: Cheryl Lee (Cundy) Rozman, age 70, passed away peacefully at her home in Gwinn, Michigan on March 3rd, 2018. Also a winter resident of The Arbors Retirement Community in Osprey, Florida, she was born on November 13th, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan to Mary (Betty) Ewen and Ransom Cundy. She …

Mary T. Veker, age 87 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2018 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital with her good friends by her side. She was born July 16, 1930 in Philadelphia, PA daughter of James and Maria (Lynch) Coyle.  In 1946 Mary graduated from Immaculate Heart …

HOUGHTON, Mich. – Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Famer, and the original Voice of the Huskies, Bob Olson passed away on Saturday (March 3) in Middletown, Connecticut. Olson began broadcasting Tech athletic events back in 1969 when he purchased WMPL and WZRK and moved to the Copper Country from Hurley, …

Middletown, CT: Robert T. “Bob” Olson, 87, formerly of Hancock, who was known as the voice of the Copper Country on his WMPL-AM radio station, passed away on March 3, 2018. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at the Church …

Food and music are the beating heart of the 60-plus country Parade of Nations, stepping into its 29th year on Saturday, September 15. “The Parade of Nations committee selected ‘Global Beats, International Treats’ as the 2018 theme because it encompasses what the event offers to our community—international traditional music and exotic …

A movie based on the childhood experiences of its Finnish director is the March selection for the Finnish American Heritage Center’s Nordic Film Series. “Above Dark Waters” will show at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 8 at the Heritage Center’s Wiljanen Community Hall, located on the Finlandia …

The Portage Lake District Library is redesigning their library cards and is asking for help from library users. The library is looking for fun, creative, and inspirational quotes about the library that will be displayed on different versions of the new cards. Patrons can submit a quote about what they …

Making snowmobiles cleaner, quieter and more efficient–and may the best team win. The SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge is taking place this week, bringing teams of college students from across North America to compete at Michigan Tech. The competition begins with the Endurance Run to Copper Harbor today, followed by a …