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Things are back to normal at Houghton Elementary School, but that wasn’t the case Monday morning. That’s when 30-year-old Niles Nathan Rothenberger of Atlantic Mine was arrested after police received reports that he was acting suspicious. Their investigation allegedly discovered 3.5 grams of marijuana in his vehicle along with a …

Michigan Tech’s Tech Theatre Company is holding public auditions over the next two nights for the play, Sexual Perversity in Chicago. Auditions will be held tonight and tomorrow in the McArdle Theatre at 7:00 pm. Those wishing to be considered should arrive no later than 6:45. There will be call backs …

This past summer, 11 high school interns from Calumet and Houghton joined professionals at Michigan Tech and the Keweenaw National Historical Park to use the Geographic Information System to explore our region’s past. As a part of GRACE (GIS Resources and Applications for Career Education Project), students were engaged in …

The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners is holding a special meeting tonight to discuss the future of the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge. The meeting will be held at the Horizons School in Mohawk starting at 6pm. At issue is the question of whether the Board should loan $200,000 to the Lodge …

For a fourth consecutive term, the U.P.’s voice in Washington will be a Republican. Jack Bergman defeated Lon Johnson to become the first congressional district’s representative in D.C. Bergman will be succeeding Dan Benishek, who decided to retire after three terms in office. Benishek says he has had some ‘great …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school hockey last night… – Hancock blanked Houghton 5-0. Teddy Randell scored twice for the Bulldogs. Reid Hamar, Alex Nordstrom and Lance Kangas added a goal each. Cam Murray earned the shutout in net. – Jeffers fell …

Working nurses are encouraged to complete their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at Finlandia University through a new affordable pricing structure. Licensed nurses with an associate degree can earn their BSN online for $15,000, regardless of how many credits are needed. The program is expected to attract people to …

There is an immediate need for blood donations of the following types in the Upper Peninsula: O-negative, A-negative, B-negative, O-positive, and A-positive. Blood donation sites are open in Hancock, Marquette, Iron Mountain, Escanaba, and Sault Ste. Marie. Donations to the UP Regional Blood Center always stay in the Upper Peninsula …

The Calumet Colosseum is the recipient of a grant of $8,400 from the Michigan Humanities Council for a project promoting hockey and Guts Frisbee. The application for the Humanities Grant was submitted by International Frisbee Inc for an interactive kiosk and traveling exhibit called Pucks and Guts. The exhibit, which …

Houghton Elementary School went into lockdown Monday morning after police discovered a man in the school parking lot had a concealed weapon in his possession. Officers with the Houghton City Police Department were dispatched to the school just before 9:30am on the report of a suspicious person. Through their investigation, …