Featured

HOUGHTON, MI, Tuesday, February 13, 2018 – The Department of Visual and Performing Arts and the Rozsa Center are excited to announce the spring gallery exhibition, Always Room for Rain, featuring work by artists Ross Chaney (Santa Fe, NM) and Raquel Alvizures (Guatemala). The exhibit will run from February 16 …

As college students enter adulthood, they face many uncertainties related to their finances. Michigan Tech’s economics club shed some light on some of those concerns Thursday night by hosting a lecture featuring Assistant Professor of Economics Dr. Latika Gupta as the key speaker. Rising tuition costs, inflation, automation and greed …

On Friday, February 9, 2018, Bay Community College held a Skills USA Competition for Auto Tech students across the U.P. Skills USA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. Skills USA helps each student excel. They provide educational programs, events …

Copperwood Resources is a recipient of a grant from the Michigan Department of Transportation. Copperwood is a mining and exploration subsidiary of Highland Copper that is proposing to mine copper ore and produce copper concentrate in Gogebic County’s Ironwood and Wakefield townships. This development, known as the Copperwood Project, is …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In hockey last night… – Houghton edged Marquette 2-1. P.J. Donnelly gave the Gremlins an early lead, and Dawson McKay scored the game-winner early in the second period. Congratulations to Houghton coach Corey Markham on his 300th career victory. – …

A new dog park could be set up in central Houghton at the corner of Houghton Avenue and Quincy Street on the north side of the former high school site. Townhomes are planned for the other side of the location and the owner of the property has agreed to lease …

The city of Houghton is going to place an order with Zamboni, Inc for a new Zamboni for Dee Stadium at a price of about $94,000. Delivery takes six to eight months so the order must be placed soon so it will arrive in time for next hockey season. The …

The waterfront in Downtown Houghton may soon have a boardwalk-style pier for holding special events. The city is exploring grant opportunities through the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for community redevelopment and placemaking in downtowns. Recent conversations with the MEDC indicated that a larger project for Houghton may be viable along …

Contaminated soil cleanup efforts are expected to be completed by the weekend in Chassell. At that time, the highway will reopen to both lanes of traffic on US-41. Truckload after truckload, crews have been removing the fuel soaked soil for nearly two weeks from the spill site where an overturned …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In hockey last night, the score of the Calumet-Negaunee has not been officially reported. An unofficial report indicated Calumet won the game 9-1. On tonight’s schedule… – Houghton skates at Marquette. A win by the Gremlins would be the 300th …