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Team CC Opens Nationals Today – Thursday Sports Wrap

Click on the bold scores for more details. High School The high school track season opens today, as local teams compete at the MTU Indoor Invitational. Team CC Team Copper Country opens its quest for a national title this morning against Hamden, Connecticut. Pregame coverage will begin around 8:45. They’ll …

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VA Holding Couples Retreat In Hancock

IRON MOUNTAIN – The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center will be hosting a Warrior to Soul Mate Retreat for couples in Hancock on April 22-23, 2017.   Warrior to Soul Mate is a new program that provides hope and renewal to relationships impacted by military service, deployments, and war.  It …

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Rally In Support Of Equal Pay For Women

April 4th marks the number of extra calendar days a woman has to work on average to make as much as a man during the year for doing the same job. That’s why Tuesday was Equal Pay Day. A rally on the campus of Michigan Tech provided cookies and information on …

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Sink The Sled Winner Just 5 Minutes Off

The Johnson vintage snowmobile that was on the Portage Canal near the Lift Bridge in Houghton sank into the water at 2:40 pm on Wednesday, March 29th.  The sled had been put on the ice as part of the Houghton Rotary’s “Sink the Sled” Contest which began in February. The …

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UPPCO Names Larsen New CEO

MARQUETTE, MI — Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) announced today that utility industry veteran James Larsen has been appointed as its new CEO, effective April 3. Larsen comes to UPPCO from the SEMCO Energy Gas Company in Port Huron, where he served as President. SEMCO provides natural gas to approximately …

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14 Local Students Win Portage Health Foundation Making a Difference Scholarships to Michigan Tech

Four students who are entering Michigan Technological University this fall to pursue health-related careers have received $8,000 Making a Difference scholarships from the Portage Health Foundation.  Another 10 entering first-year students received $1,000 awards. The $8,000 scholarships went to: Peter Alger, Houghton, computer engineering. Alexa Destrampe, Lake Linden, exercise science. Hannah …

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