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In the Girl Scout world, back-to-school means back-to-troop and the opportunity to provide girls with the advantages of a single gender space in a world dominated by coed environments. As the Boy Scouts of America attempt to combat declining membership with talk of opening their program to girls, the Girl …

The U.P. Suicide Prevention Conference will be back for a second year on September 15th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Ramada Inn of Marquette. The main goal of the conference is to help identify and promote current suicide prevention efforts taking place on the local, state and …

The Breakers to Bridge Paddle Festival, paddling events centering around the Keweenaw, is​ planned for Saturday September 9, 2017.  Friday begins with check-in at the Outdoor Adventure Program at Michgan Tech and then a casual social at the KBC at 6pm.  On Saturday, a 10 Mile non-­competitive timed paddle from …

The continuing battle against sea lampreys soon will come to locations in the local area. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service assessment crew will conduct work on Falls and Ravine Rivers (Baraga and Houghton Counties, MI) during September 5 – 14, 2017 to estimate the abundance of sea lampreys. The …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school volleyball last night… – Lake Linden-Hubbell and Baraga at Chassell – no report. – Dollar Bay-Tamarack City at Bessemer – no report. The local high school football season opens this evening… – Calumet travels to Northland Pines. …

The Houghton City Council amended ordinance 2017-284 last night at their regularly scheduled meeting. Ordinance 2017-284 regulates residential off-street parking. The new addition to the ordinance states if a parking area is not on a hard surface, then the parking area must have distinct separation from the non-parking area. If …

Just before 10:30 last night, all Upper Peninsula emergency dispatch centers experienced issues with cellular telephone 9-1-1 service and the Charter Communication land-line 9-1-1 service. The outage affected those who attempted to reach police, fire and emergency medical services at that time. The non-emergency lines were still in service, however. …

The Houghton City Council created a list of 10 Good Things That Happened in Houghton in the Last Two Weeks. One small mural has been painted on the 500 block of Shelden Avenue and a larger mural is in process near the bridge. During Monday’s afternoon eclipse, City Manager Eric …

The Upper Peninsula Solar Technical Assistance and Resource Team, or UPSTART, hosted a community solar forum to present basic information about their idea to install a community solar garden in L’Anse. Residents and business owners had the opportunity to discuss different aspects of the project and share their feedback with …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school volleyball tonight… – Lake Linden-Hubbell and Baraga play at a triangular at Chassell. – Dollar Bay-Tamarack City travels to Bessemer. MLB The Detroit Tigers suffered another lopsided loss to the New York Yankees, falling 10-2 last night. …