The annual festival in Calumet celebrating the pasty is moving to a new date. The 15th Annual Pasty Fest will be held on Saturday, August 18th. The event has traditionally been held at the end of June but event organizers at Main Street Calumet say the move is to avoid …
Read More »Wings Fall in Final Minute – Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlights for more details. High School In high school hockey tonight, Hancock wraps up its regular season at Kingsford. Pregame coverage will begin around 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com. In girls basketball… – Houghton plays at Hancock. Pregame coverage will start around 7:00 on 97.7 The …
Read More »Houghton Boys Claim U.P. Swim Crown – Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the blue highlights for more details. High School The Houghton boys swim team won the Upper Peninsula championship yesterday, with a narrow 242-232 victory over four-time defending champion Marquette. The Gremlins used a strong overall performance to take the title, despite winning just one event – the team …
Read More »Wolverines Win in OT, Huskies Fall in OT – Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlights for more details. High School In boys basketball last night… – Houghton edged Escanaba 60-56. – Hancock lost to Ontonagon 77-28. – Calumet outscored Chassell 72-61. – Jeffers downed Lake Linden-Hubbell 52-31. – Dollar Bay-Tamarack City remained unbeaten by shutting down Republic-Michigamme 69-35. – Ewen-Trout Creek …
Read More »Fish For Free This Weekend
Everyone in Michigan is invited to fish for free Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17 and 18, for the 2018 Winter Free Fishing Weekend. A license is not required to fish those two days, but all other fishing regulations still apply. Ice Fishing Tips These two days make up #MiFreeFishingWeekend – …
Read More »Always Room for Rain with Artists Raquel Alvizurez and Ross Chaney Opens in the Rozsa Gallery
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 …
Read More »MTU Economics Professor Explains Great Recession
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 …
Read More »CCISD Students Excel At Skills USA Competition
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 …
Read More »MDOT Grants $4.7 Million For Copperwood Project Road Reconstruction
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 …
Read More »Markham Wins 300th as Gremlins Edge Redmen – Friday Sports Wrap
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. – …
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