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DANCER Blends Two Traditional Style of Dance into a Unique Performance

Tonight and Tomorrow The Rozsa Center will kick off the theater’s presenting series with an exciting and unique dance performance. DANCER brings to the Copper Country two world-class dance companies the Grand Rapids Ballet from the lower peninsula, and the Woodland Sky Native American Dance Company from Crystal Falls. Rozsa …

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Houghton Community Broadcasting Stations Sold

Houghton Community Broadcasting, along with several sister, co-owned companies, is being sold. Locally, the proposed transaction includes radio stations WOLV (97.7 The Wolf), WHKB (KBear 102.3), WCCY (99.3 and AM 1400 The Lift), along with the KeweenawReport.com website. The transaction still needs approval from the Federal Communications Commission. Here is …

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Michigan Tech University Enters Five Year Agreement as a NIST PREP University

Michigan Tech University has entered a new agreement with a national initiative that will help continue to support Student and Faculty research. Michigan Tech recently signed into an agreement, a five-year cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technologies’ professional Research Experience Program. The agreement is worth 5.4 …

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September is Great Lakes Shoreline Clean-up Month with the Alliance for the Great Lakes

The official last day of summer is just around the corner, and before the snow begins to cover Michigan’s beaches, it might be a good time to do a little beach clean up. During September the Alliance for the Great Lakes is encouraging great lakes residents to go to the …

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Northern Michigan University Enrollment Up Three Percent from 2022

Northern Michigan University reports increased enrollment across graduating classes this fall. The university has seen ten percent more freshmen students, and about a 15 percent jump in both graduate and transfer students. Giving the school a much-needed influx of students after a large 2022 graduating class in May. This fall …

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Volunteers Needed to Save Sandstone Building in Calumet

Restoring old and historic buildings can take a lot of helpful hands to get the job done right. Next Monday, a group will need some extra help to help save history in Calumet. Volunteers willing to put in some elbow grease are needed next Monday, September 18th, to help work …

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Non-Profit Applications are Open for the Copper Country’s Biggest Day of Giving

It feels great to give to a great cause. Especially when you know those dollars will stay in the local area, and support local people. But before Copper Shores Community Health Foundation can pick up the phone and receive that first Giving Tuesday Donation. The foundation needs to find local …

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Torch Lake Township Creates Recreation Survey with Help from WUPPDR

The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region seeks the public’s input for the Torch Lake Township recreation plan. Like many communities in the region, Torch Lake has begun working toward developing its five year recreation plan, which helps determine project and development priorities for recreational opportunities offered to area …

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Autism Alliance of Michigan Brings Free Health Clinics to the Copper Country Today and Tomorrow

Starting today the Keweenaw Area Community Foundation has teamed up with the Autism Alliance of Michigan to provide free programming to families. The program sessions with Autism Alliance of Michigan taking place at Michigan Tech University, begin at noon, with a second session at 7 p.m. The group has also …

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Michigan Tech’s College of Computing will Showcase Research into Artificial Intelligence in October

What do Lumen5, Chat GPT, Dall-E 2, and Krisp all have in common? Each are artificial intelligence program used for various applications to make business, research, and life easier. 2023 national news coverage has been dominated by topics surrounding the new technology, and what it could be used for. Coming …

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