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The City of Houghton Planning Commission is preparing to update the Houghton master plan that will guide future developments, infrastructure projects, public investment, and policy within the city. As part of this process, the planning commission is seeking community input. The ideas, views and opinions of residents play a key …

Update: More details on yesterday’s fire in the one hundred bock of Osceola Street in Laurium. Laurium Police report that the call for the fire came in around 740 am yesterday. Four adults’ two children and family pets were all able to escape the burning building safely. Crews were able …

Over the weekend the Copper Country League of Women’s Voters held a march, coinciding with other marches across the country. Rallies, marches, and demonstrations held in the nation’s and state capitols, along with those in outlying cities and towns are meant to raise awareness for the upcoming midterm elections. Come …

Joe Pera Talks With You aired on Adult Swim in the early hours of the morning. The show like much of the channel’s programming found niche audiences. Pera’s soft voice and discourse about the simple parts of life made for interesting television after awaking on the couch after falling asleep. …

Michigan Tech University’s board of Trustees has approved the school’s new master plan. The master plan will guide the university’s development of future buildings, collaborative space for faculty and students, and new place making features. Thousands of students and alumni have contributed to the new master plan during the past …

The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra is ready to start their season of entertaining the community. Next Saturday on the 15th, the orchestra will perform the Michigan premiere of Unquiet Earth, composed by Upper Peninsula Native and MIT composer, Elena Ruehr. Unquiet Earth is described as filling an atmosphere that explores the …

Two local fundraising meals this weekend will benefit cancer patients. Tomorrow morning in Chassell there is a pancake breakfast for teacher Melanie Hermala, and her family. The breakfast will be in the Chassell School gymnasium, from 8 am to 12 noon. Adult tickets are eight dollars, kids twelve and under …

UPDATE 11:430 AM, OCTOBER 7TH Michigan State Police Fire Marshals have begun an investigation into the cause of an early morning fire that destroyed a popular Baraga County restaurant. Trooper from the Calumet Post report the first call about the fire at Carla’s Restaurant and Inn came in around 1:30 …

Michigan Tech will celebrate Homecoming this weekend. This year’s focus is on the centennial year of Huskies football. The theme is “100 Years of Football: Black and Gold Never Gets Old.”  Other activities include…• Cardboard boat races at Ray Kestner Waterfront Park today at 1:00. • A cornhole tournament tomorrow morning …

The MTU Board of Trustees will hold its traditional homecoming weekend meeting this morning. Their session will begin this morning at 9:00 at the Memorial Union Building ballroom. The agenda includes a review of the 2022 financial report, and adoption of the 2022 campus master plan. The public is welcome, …