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As much of a holiday tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie, Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly will once again make sure no senior has to spend Thanksgiving alone. They will be serving up full Thanksgiving dinners with all the trimmings at nine locations. “We’re at the Church of the …

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow—that’s the train of thought at Mont Ripley. The Michigan Tech-owned ski, snowboard, and tubing park is making preparations to open in a little over a week, and the groomers and snow guns are out in full force covering the slopes with …

A former local hockey star will serve out his sentence in prison. Calumet native Ben Johnson had been out on bail prior to an appeal of his 2016 sentencing for three years in prison for the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl. The incident took place in the bathroom of …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteer campground hosts in Michigan state parks, recreation areas and rustic state forest campgrounds for the 2018 camping season. In exchange for 30 hours of service per week, including duties such as helping campers find their campsites, answering camper questions, planning campground …

FinlandiaUniversity is making it easier for students from other colleges to transfer to FinnU. The school has announced that it will now offer a first of its kind tuition reset that will help make the university known as a transfer friendly leader. Beginning in January, the university will reset tuition …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20, 2017 Portage Health Foundation releases additional funding and makes a call for proposal [Hancock, MI] As part of the Portage Health Foundation’s (PHF) “Stop the Roar of Hunger” food initiative, PHF is releasing additional funding in support of food initiatives in the four-county community (Baraga, …

Plans are underway for an addition at the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College. The addition includes an industrial vocational education center that will serve local high school and college students. The center will house the building trades, welding booths, automotive technology and industrial manufacturing programs. The total cost of the …

A Grand Rapids man accused of murdering his sister in Laurium last year will begin trial next month. A pretrial hearing was held Monday for 33-year-old Christian Paul Kitti in Houghton County Circuit Court. Kitti is charged in the shooting death of his sister, 44-year-old Kimberly Renee Bess of Calumet …

Local hockey historian and Michigan Tech professor Bill Sproule will discuss “Pucks and Guts,” focusing on local hockey and Guts Frisbee history, at a presentation next Tuesday. The discussion will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton. The talk will include the unveiling of 12 historical …

A Houghton Middle School science team is celebrating its 3rd win of the Lexus Eco Challenge land and water category. The annual science competition has awarded the 10 member 8th grade team a $10,000 prize.   Students are given a couple of guideline categories and they then identify a problem …