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Gogebic Community College will use 310,600 dollars in state funds to complete campus modernization and infrastructure. Funding to support the modernization of the GCC campus was approved in the most recent state-approved budget for 2024. The fund will improve infrastructure, technology, equipment, maintenance, and safety for students, staff and faculty. …

Blue Key Honor Society is very excited to return with Winter Carnival starting tomorrow. But there are many helping hands needed throughout the week-long celebration of winter and Michigan tech. Blue Key Honor Society is asking for individuals interested in volunteering during the winter carnival. Volunteers are primarily needed to …

While the warm temperatures are helping relieve some seasonal depression. There’s never a bad time to get out into nature for some extra relief from Cabin fever. Tomorrow the Keweenaw Family Resource Center will invite the community to enjoy Cabin Fever Reliever. The special winter event will include snowshoeing, sledding, …

The city of Houghton seeks residents interested in helping the city determine updates to the Houghton Charter. Houghton will begin determining the need for any updates to the city’s governing charter. Municipalities in the state of Michigan are required to review governing documents every few years. Houghton’s charter and study …

Michigan Tech’s campus is abuzz ahead of the winter carnival’s first events tomorrow night. While several Winter Carnival sporting competitions have taken place, and will continue throughout next week. The Winter Carnival Royal Coronation marks an official start to the century-old tradition. “They went through their interviews and they really …

The city of Hancock will receive close to a million dollars for further development of the Hancock Business and Technology Park from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Earlier this week MEDC announced it will support 87.5 million dollars in grant funding to accelerate site readiness at 18 project locations across …

The Ontonagon County Sheriff has arrested a man from Ewen for evading and larceny. On Wednesday the Ontonagon County Sheriff Department arrested a 49-year-old Ewen man on one count of unlawful driving away in a motor vehicle and one count of larceny over 50,000 dollars. The Ewen man was arraigned …

New information in the murder case involving a mother and son from Wisconsin may reveal a motive in the death of Alvin Kempainen. Jacob and Margaret Kempainen of Hartland Wisconsin are charged with open murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Documents acquired by Bring Me the News were reported last …

Ukraine’s spotlight on the global stage started two years ago when Russia invaded. Today the war continues. Later today the Ukrainian spirit will take the stage at the Rozsa Center with Speaking Truth to Power. Michigan Tech’s Rozsa Center will invite Ukrainian poet Yuliya Musakovska for a poetry reading ahead …

With an engineering college, several high school robotics clubs, and many high-tech companies located in the copper country. It’s no wonder that the Keweenaw’s residents have a large interest in learning about stem fields and emerging technologies. Soon enough the region will see the return of a fun community event …