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Michigan Tech continues to celebrate Pride Week. Tonight, the Academy Award-winning best picture “Moonlight” will be shown at 8:30 and 10:30 in Fisher 135. “Moonlight” is a film about sexuality and self discovery that chronicles the journey of an African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami. …

Keweenaw County’s newest mountain bike trail will open this afternoon. Officials from the Copper Harbor Trails Club and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will cut the ribbon on the path from Mud Lake past Horseshoe Harbor to High Rock Bay scenic point at 2:00. The six-mile stretch completes the …

The Carnegie Museum will hold its biggest annual membership event Saturday evening. Doors for the “Night at the Museum” will be open from 5:00 until 8:00. Musical performers will include the Backroom Boys, the PasiCats, and Seth Helman. Brats will be served, along with samples of locally-produced beer and mead. …

A familiar face will assume a new role at Aspirus Keweenaw. Hancock native Robin Meneguzzo has joined the staff as a certified Family Nurse Practitioner. Meneguzzo previously worked as a technician at Portage Health, and a registered nurse at Aspirus Keweenaw. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Finlandia University, and …

The Ontonagon River recently received an infusion of young lake sturgeon. 1,261 of the threatened fish were released two weeks ago. It’s part of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ effort to revive the state’s lake sturgeon population. Nearly 6,000 juvenile fish were released at seven locations over the summer. …

Three people were injured during a traffic crash last evening at the intersection of M-26 and Sharon Avenue. Houghton police tell us that a vehicle driven by a 19-year-old Hancock man turned into the path of an oncoming car at around 8:20. The Hancock man was not hurt. The 22-year-old …

Highland Copper Company has again extended its agreement to purchase the undeveloped area north of the old White Pine Mine. Highland has been trying to complete the purchase from the Copper Range company for more than three years. The company says the sticking point continues to be assurances that will …

It’s especially important to have your children at school today. Today is “count day”… the day on which all publicly funded schools in Michigan send their attendance numbers to the state. The state uses those numbers to determine how much funding districts and charter schools will receive next year. Each …

The Portage Lake District Library will host two training sessions that will show participants how to use Ancestry Library Edition to search family records on Thursday, October 5, at 1:00 p.m. and again at 6:00 p.m. Ancestry Library Edition contains billions of records in census data, birth, marriage and death …

Students thinking about attending FinnU in the fall of 2018 are invited to Finlandia Preview Day, which is Saturday, October 7, 2017 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event includes tours, key one-on-one meetings with Finlandia officials and more! Plus, one lucky attendee will win a $500 scholarship. Students …