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CLK School’s Barb Kinnunen-Skidmore was among the teachers honored at the annual conference for the Michigan Alliance for Environmental and Outdoor Education earlier this month. Kinnunen-Skidmore is an early childhood specialist at CLK Elementary in Calumet. Regardless of the season, Kinnunen-Skidmore believes students, especially kindergarteners, should be outside – never …

If you park your car illegally in the city of Hancock, you may find a yellow card under your windshield wiper and, at first glance, it may look like a ticket. The city has started a courtesy card program to serve as a friendly reminder to drivers that their vehicle …

Alumni and long-time donors Richard and Joyce Ten Haken are donating $1 million toward a new School of Business and Economics building project at Michigan Technological University. They have also announced plans to give another multi-million dollar gift through their estate, to support SBE infrastructure, faculty and students. “A building …

HOUGHTON, Mich. – More than 20 organizations are coming together in the Copper Country Mall commons area to share information with residents about important services and resources available locally. The local Human Services EXPO takes place at the mall in Houghton on Tuesday, Oct. 24, from noon until 2 p.m. …

Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post and four local grocery stores will be working together to host “Stuff A Blue Goose” charity events. The events are being held in conjunction with the 2017 Michigan Harvest Gathering Campaign.  The purpose is to raise hunger awareness and to provide food …

The Chocolay Raptor Center will present a live bird raptor program sponsored by the Copper Country Audubon Society Tuesday, October 24, 2017. The program will start at 7:00pm in Room G-002 in Michigan Tech University’s Forestry Building, Hesterberg Hall. Live, rescued, non-releasable “ambassador raptors” on the glove will accompany the …

Michigan Tech celebrated homecoming over the weekend. Spectators and participants lined up on the shoreline of the Portage Canal in downtown Houghton Friday for the annual cardboard boat races as part of the festivities.   Chutes and Ladders park was the place to be as MTU students put their vessel …

The streets of downtown Houghton were filled with thousands of spectators over the weekend who came from miles around to witness one of the Upper Peninsula’s favorite motor sporting events–The Lake Superior Performance Rally. Father/Daughter Team Eric and Camille Carlson describe how they got involved in rally racing. Eric said, …

The Hope House Homeless Shelter will not be ready to open when November 1st arrives. Shelter President and CEO John Niemela says they do not have enough host churches on board to serve as emergency shelters. The only church to officially sign on to the effort was the First United …

At its regular meeting on Friday, October 20, 2017, Michigan Technological University’s Board of Trustees approved a five-year state capital outlay plan and capital project request including three projects: phase one and two of a H-STEM engineering and health technologies complex and integrated student maker spaces. Phase 1 of the H-STEM …