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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. …

People have the tendency to blame technology for keeping them too “plugged in”, but what if the secret to curing this “technology burnout” was in the device itself?  Technology has allowed people to stay in contact with each other and the rest of the world, but sometimes, it like a …