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If you park your car illegally in the city of Hancock, you may find a yellow card under your windshield wiper and, at first glance, it may look like a ticket. The city has started a courtesy card program to serve as a friendly reminder to drivers that their vehicle …

Alumni and long-time donors Richard and Joyce Ten Haken are donating $1 million toward a new School of Business and Economics building project at Michigan Technological University. They have also announced plans to give another multi-million dollar gift through their estate, to support SBE infrastructure, faculty and students. “A building …

HOUGHTON, Mich. – More than 20 organizations are coming together in the Copper Country Mall commons area to share information with residents about important services and resources available locally. The local Human Services EXPO takes place at the mall in Houghton on Tuesday, Oct. 24, from noon until 2 p.m. …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school volleyball last night, L’Anse dropped the first set, but came back to beat Baraga 3-1 (16-25, 25-16, 25-22, 26-24). Tonight… – Houghton entertains West Iron County. – Hancock plays at Calumet. – Dollar Bay-Tamarack City hosts Bessemer. …

Michigan Tech celebrated homecoming over the weekend. Spectators and participants lined up on the shoreline of the Portage Canal in downtown Houghton Friday for the annual cardboard boat races as part of the festivities.   Chutes and Ladders park was the place to be as MTU students put their vessel …

The streets of downtown Houghton were filled with thousands of spectators over the weekend who came from miles around to witness one of the Upper Peninsula’s favorite motor sporting events–The Lake Superior Performance Rally. Father/Daughter Team Eric and Camille Carlson describe how they got involved in rally racing. Eric said, …

The Hope House Homeless Shelter will not be ready to open when November 1st arrives. Shelter President and CEO John Niemela says they do not have enough host churches on board to serve as emergency shelters. The only church to officially sign on to the effort was the First United …

At its regular meeting on Friday, October 20, 2017, Michigan Technological University’s Board of Trustees approved a five-year state capital outlay plan and capital project request including three projects: phase one and two of a H-STEM engineering and health technologies complex and integrated student maker spaces. Phase 1 of the H-STEM …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School Four area teams have qualified for the state high school football playoffs. Lake Linden-Hubbell will face WestPAC champion West Iron County in the Division Eight District semifinals. That game will be played Friday at 7:00 Eastern Time in Iron River. …

Click on the blue highlights for additional details. High School In high school football yesterday… – Lake Linden-Hubbell throttled Manistique 53-12. With a record of 4-4, the Lakes could join Hancock and Calumet in the playoffs. Playoff pairings and locations will be announced tonight. Listen for details of our playoff …