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A group of Houghton Middle School students led a presentation at the Community Art Center in Hancock, about their findings on the negative impacts of burning plastic. The ten eighth graders teamed up for the 2017 Lexus EcoChallenge, which allows students to solve local environmental issues. While the team has …

Michigan Tech is taking part in a multi-university to study how coastal land loss restoration practices impact ecosystems in coastal marshes. Louisiana State University is leading the research with includes Tech and five other universities. The project just received a $2.1 million competitive grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

The Copper County Immediate School District held a meeting to discuss the Career Technical Education Millage proposal with the public, who will vote on the matter August 8th. Career Technical Education, or CTE, programs expose students to a number of different technical fields while still in high school. CCISD Superintendent …

Emergency crews were called out to Stagecoach Road in Michigamme Tuesday after residents, like Mike Hinkens, heard the sound of rushing water. “I was outside at about 12:30 last night and I heard a loud rushing. It sounded like a river flowing. There’s a beaver dam up behind the road …

Click on the blue links for additional details. MLB Nicholas Castellanos drove in five runs, as the Detroit Tigers pounded the Kansas City Royals 9-3 last night. Castellanos blasted a critical triple as Detroit scored five times in the second inning. He added two home runs later in the game. …

A 2017 graduate of Michigan Tech is being given a boost to his education career thanks to a prestigious honor. Wisconsin-native Ben Manning has been named a Georgia Teaching Fellow by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. He is one of 63 Teaching Fellows announced June 29 by Georgia Governor …

A Dollar Bay man is facing charges after he was arrested while living at an unoccupied home of a relative in Bruce Crossing. The Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office says they took the 27-year-old man into custody on Friday evening around 6pm on charges of home invasion and possession of marijuana. …

One person was injured when a motorcycle collided with another vehicle Monday morning in Houghton. The accident happened shortly after 11am near the Portage Lake Lift Bridge at the intersection of Shelden Avenue and West Memorial Drive, slowing down traffic from the downtown. One person on the motorcycle was taken …

Parts of Baraga County are being hit with flooding. The Michigamme-Spurr Volunteer Fire Department and the Baraga County Road Commission have responded to the area of Beaufort Lake and Stagecoach Drive, after a beaver dam collapsed. The collapse of the dam resulted in flooding of the area. The Michigan State …

Click on the blue links for additional details. MLB Nicholas Castellanos and Mikie Mahtook hit two-run homers, as the Detroit Tigers pounded the Kansas City Royals 10-2 last night. Jordan Zimmermann threw six scoreless innings, and left after allowing a run in the seventh. The Tigers continue that series at …