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Michigan Technological University is taking part in National Biomechanics Day Thursday (April 6), a world-wide event for high-school teachers and students to advance the science and education of human biomechanics. This year’s theme is, “Science Meets Fun on National Biomechanics Day.” The Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology (KIP) Department has collaborated …

IRON MOUNTAIN – The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center will be hosting a Warrior to Soul Mate Retreat for couples in Hancock on April 22-23, 2017.   Warrior to Soul Mate is a new program that provides hope and renewal to relationships impacted by military service, deployments, and war.  It …

Houghton, Michigan—The Houghton, MI Skatepark Group is holding a charity art auction at the Keweenaw Brewing Company in Houghton on Thursday, April 13 from 7-9 PM. The event will feature work from 50+ local artists including high school students and professionasls. Quincy Woodwrights, a Houghton-based skateboard deck manufacturer, donated boards …

Consul General of Finland to New York Manu Virtamo is providing the keynote address at Finlandia University’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, April 30 at the Paavo Nurmi Center. “It is only fitting that as we celebrate Finland’s centennial anniversary of independence, Finlandia welcomes the most recently appointed Consul General of …

HOUGHTON, Michigan (Tuesday, April 5, 2017) – West Side Story changed the very nature of American Musical Theatre. With music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by a young Stephen Sondheim, the play was grounded in a distinctively modern sound with a passionately poetic statement: A place where everyone can grow …

An environmental organization is blaming recent exploratory drilling for making a “mess” of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The Mining Action Group of the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition issued a statement calling for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to halt any further exploratory drilling in or near the …

Secretary of State Ruth Johnson reminds residents that the Mohawk office is now open two days a week instead of one. The office at 3616 U.S. Highway 41 will have business hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the end of October, when it will return to one-day-a-week service as it …

April 4th marks the number of extra calendar days a woman has to work on average to make as much as a man during the year for doing the same job. That’s why Tuesday was Equal Pay Day. A rally on the campus of Michigan Tech provided cookies and information on …

Today is Equal Pay Day and a demonstration is planned on the campus of Michigan Tech, calling for equal pay for women. Organizers say that, on average, women earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. That amount is said to be even less for women of …

The Johnson vintage snowmobile that was on the Portage Canal near the Lift Bridge in Houghton sank into the water at 2:40 pm on Wednesday, March 29th.  The sled had been put on the ice as part of the Houghton Rotary’s “Sink the Sled” Contest which began in February. The …