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Have you ever wished you were in charge of climate change policy? Here’s your chance. Michigan Tech is hosting a world climate change negotiations role-playing game from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 29 at the Great Lakes Reseach Center. Participants will play the roles of negotiators for various countries …

The ringing of bells signals the arrival of the Christmas season and the season for donating to the Salvation Army. The Aspirus Aspiring Women program will be teaming up with the Salvation Army this Saturday to help ring those bells. Aspirus’s Jenn Jenich-Laplander says they will be at Econo Foods …

The Copper Country Intermediate School District Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. Superintendent George Stockero shared with the Board a short video describing a “School Finance Research Collaborative.”  The School Finance Research Collaborative is a diverse group of business leaders and education experts …

Highland Copper Company says exploration work on its newly acquired property in the Upper Peninsula is encouraging. Highland recently purchased the property in the central U.P. from Rio Tinto, an area known for its nickel-copper sulfide deposits, as well as gold and other metals. Eight target sites for nickel and …

Santa Claus is making his final preparations for his return to the Copper Country. The traditional day-after-Thanksgiving arrival of Santa takes place on Friday with the 38th annual Christmas Walk in downtown Hancock, put on by the Hancock Business and Professional Association. The holiday walk begins at 6pm by the …

LAURIUM, Mich. – In keeping with holiday tradition at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital, the Auxiliary invites you to celebrate your loved ones by making a donation in their name to the Tree of Love. Now in its 24th year, the Tree of Love program is a heart-warming way to remember and/or …

If you’re going to eat a big meal for Thanksgiving, it’s good to work up a healthy appetite first. U.P. Health System—Portage will be hosting their annual Turkey Trot, a 5k walk or run starting at 9am Thursday. Health and Fitness Manager Angela Luskin says the event has been really …

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 …