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Voters are heading to the polls today to determine the fate of some very important ballot items. The bond proposal for the Houghton-Portage Township Schools is up for a vote once again, after failing by only a handful of votes last year. At $10.9 million, Superintendent Doreen Klingbeil says the …

A case against a Grand Rapids man accused of selling drugs in the Houghton area is moving forward. 19-year-old Jon David Ettinger appeared in Houghton County Circuit Court on Monday. His attorney requested a trial date be set with another pretrial ahead of it in hopes of working out a …

A plea agreement has been reached in the case against an Atlantic Mine man who sent a school into lock down. 30-year-old Niles Nathan Rothenberger appeared in Houghton County Circuit Court Monday for a pretrial. His case is being remanded back to the 97th District Court where Rothenberger is expected …

An Atlantic Mine man is headed to prison for drugs. 48-year-old Steven Ruotsala appeared in Houghton County Circuit Court Monday, where he was sentenced to 20 months for possession of meth and 16 months for possession of a controlled substance—analogues. The sentences will run concurrently. He was credited with 201 …

Click on the bold scores for more details. High School All of yesterday’s high school baseball and softball games were rained out. We have not received makeup dates for any of them, yet. On today’s baseball schedule, weather permitting… – Houghton visits the Gogebic Miners. – Hancock entertains Jeffers. – …

Tuesday, May 2nd, is Election Day and there are a few important items on the ballot, depending on your area. The biggest one is a bond proposal from the Houghton-Portage Township Schools for facility upgrades. The $10.8 million dollar project would result in an increase of 0.75 mills from the current …

Sisu is the key to earning a degree at Finlandia University and the theme of Sunday’s commencement ceremonies. The commencement address was delivered by Manu Virtamo, Consul General of Finland to New York. Virtamo-050117-1 The student speaker was Biology major Matthew McLaughlin, who graduated summa cum laude and was just …

As the 2016-2017 academic year comes to a close, graduates from Michigan Tech are set to put their education to work. Nearly 1,000 graduates received their bachelors, masters and PhD’s at Saturday’s Spring Commencement. Civil Engineering major Michael Sommers is headed to a job downstate but there are things he …

UPDATE: The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the Michigan Tech University student who died in a hiking accident over the weekend in Champion Township. Authorities say Marcus Antilla, 19, of Republic has been identified as the victim. The five other MTU students have been identified as: …

Click on the bold scores for more details. High School In high school baseball today… – Houghton plays at Kingsford. In high school softball… – Houghton travels to L’Anse. – Calumet entertains Baraga. – Hancock hosts the Gogebic Miners. – Lake Linden-Hubbell visits Jeffers. MLB The Detroit Tigers scored four …