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Many kids dream of one day going to outer space. This weekend the Michigan Tech Multidisciplinary Innovation Enterprise will host a STEM event for local kids that will include hearing about the team’s experience in the NASA Lunabotics Competition. During the event middle school and high school students will learn …

Daniel Yoder has been promoted to Upper Peninsula Associate Regional Director of the Michigan Small Business Development Center. Yoder first joined the Michigan SBDC in 2019 as a Senior Business Consultant. As the Upper Peninsula Associate Regional Director Yoder will continue to serve small and medium-sized businesses with leadership, planning, …

Travel on Cemetery Road near Michigan Tech will be limited to one-way traffic starting tomorrow. The university will limit cemetery roads to one-way traffic to accommodate additional parking during the Michigan Tech Spring Career Fair. Travelers near campus are allowed eastbound from MacInnes Drive toward Woodmar Drive. Those planning to …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey Saturday…• A late surge powered Jeffers to a 6-3 come-from-behind victory over Gladwin at the Cheboygan Showcase. The Jets trailed 3-1 after the first period. They narrowed the gap with a goal in the second, …

An explosion Saturday evening leveled a house in Iron River, killing at least one person. Iron County sheriff’s deputies, Michigan State Police troopers, and first responders from Iron and Dickinson Counties were called out around 9:30 CST to 820 Cayuga Street. They found the residence badly damaged, with debris scattered …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey Saturday…• A late surge powered Jeffers to a 6-3 come-from-behind victory over Gladwin at the Cheboygan Showcase. The Jets trailed 3-1 after the first period. They narrowed the gap with a goal in the second, …

On this week’s Copper Country Today program: Iola Brubaker and Abbey Carlson from the Copper Country Great Start Collaborative talked with host Todd VanDyke about a new program that can help new child care providers set up their businesses. Hear the segment here. Host Todd VanDyke welcomed Corey Soumis, Director …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey last evening…• Houghton completed a sweep of this year’s Wing Ding series with a 5-0 victory over Hancock. Connor Raffaelli scored twice for the Gremlins, and Mike Maillette, Jack Sayen and Jack Rudak each found …

Free snowmobile weekend across Michigan starts today. While many parts of the state may not have much snow left on the trails the Upper Peninsula’s snowmobile clubs are hard at work each day grooming the region’s network of trails. Recently Keweenaw trails reports re-posted the Gogebic Snowmobile Club’s trail update …

While high school athletes are competing in Ishpeming at the Michigan Nordic Ski Championships. The western Upper Peninsula’s future of Nordic skiing will take on the Maasto Hiihto trails in Hancock on Sunday. The return of the annual Norwegian kid’s ski race will take place on Sunday with kids meeting …