Finlandia University Gallery will be closed from December 23-January 3, 2018 for the holidays. The Gallery will re-open on January 4th.  The current 27th Contemporary Finnish American Artist Series Exhibition featuring the ceramic of Kristin Pavelka will be on display through January 13th. The Gallery will resume regular hours Mon-Fri …

The Portage Lake District Library will host two training sessions that will show participants how to use Ancestry Library Edition to search family records on Wednesday, December 20, at 1:00 p.m. and again at 6:00 p.m. Ancestry Library Edition contains billions of records in census data, birth, marriage and death …

Students who are thinking of making the switch to Finlandia University are invited to a Transfer Open House today. The event will take place at the Jutila Center from 4:oopm to 8:00pm and will focus on the university’s new transfer pricing and online nursing program.   “We have new tuition …

A winter clothing drive will be held during the MacInnes Holiday Classic hockey tournament. The drive is sponsored by the Calumet Education Association, Hancock Education Association, and Houghton Education Association. Donations of new or gently used winter clothing items of all sizes will be accepted on Wednesday evening from 5:00 …

By Allison Mills Director of Research News Michigan Tech Climate change and predator-prey dynamics with wolves make for smaller moose. For the booming moose population of Isle Royale, a key species in the world’s longest running predator-prey study on the island, skulls have shrunk by about 16 percent over a 40-year …

Highland Copper Company says they’ve agreed with Copper Range Company to further extend the period to complete the acquisition of the White Pine project to February 28th. The final closing of the acquisition is subject to releasing Copper Range from certain environmental obligations associated with the remediation and closure plan …

The Keweenaw Gas Co-op on Sixth Street in Calumet experienced a power surge that went through the building and blew out several electronic devices in the store as well as the gas pump dispensers. On early Thursday morning security cameras recorded flickering canopy lights and at 2:03 am the security …

Oak Creek, WI Kathryn M. (Berryman) Teter, 63, a former resident of Chassell, passed away December 13, 2017. She was born September 15, 1954, in Laurium, to Clyde and Lois Berryman. She was a member of Calumet High School’s class of 1972. She was a member of the Church of …

Dollar Bay: Shane Dale Odgers, 44, of DePere, Wisconsin, formerly of Dollar Bay, passed away peacefully on December 13, 2017. Graveside services with military honors will be conducted by the Copper Country Veterans Association at 2:00 P.M. on Friday in Section 40 of Forest Hill Cemetery in Houghton. The O’Neill-Dennis …

Peggy D Cadeau, age 65 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Friday, December 15, 2017 at U. P. Health System Marquette, MI. She was born August 7, 1952 in Perdido, AL daughter of Henry and Willie Mae (Pipkens) Hadley. Peggy grew up in Alabama; she married Gerald Cadeau Sr on …