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Rules for Michigan Tech staffers parking near the Lakeshore Center change today. University Faculty/Staff parking permits will no longer be valid for City of Houghton Lot Seven, near the center. College officials recommend using the city’s free two-hour parking spaces in the area for brief visits. The free parking lot …

A group of Michigan legislators has gathered in the Copper Country for two days of economic development discussions. The focus will be on land-based industries. Talks are scheduled to take place at the MTU Memorial Union Building this morning and tomorrow morning between 9 and noon. Participants scheduled to be …

Westbound travelers will encounter delays on M-28 near Lake Gogebic beginning today. The Michigan Department of Transportation will resurface nearly 13 miles of the highway from the junction of northbound M-64 westerly to the Ontonagon-Gogebic County line. Travelers will encounter intermittent single lane closures. The project will cost around $3 …

For over a decade the Copper Country Civil Air Patrol has brought in students from near and far to learn how to fly. All week students from neighboring states and counties have met at Houghton County Memorial Airport to learn the ins and outs of flying, aviation, and all the …

Last night a two car accident on Memorial Drive in Houghton sent one woman to the emergency room. Houghton Police responded to a two car accident at 6:40 pm last night, at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Sharon Avenue. At the time of the accident, a power outage in …

Copper Harbor’s water and sewer utility is experiencing a leadership vacuum, following the departure of two of its three board members. Mike Borlee resigned from the Copper Harbor Water Distribution and Wastewater Utility board, effective yesterday. He cited the recent resignation of Grant Township Supervisor Scott Wendt, and other unspecified …

An investigation continues into a truck-pedestrian crash that took place in Ontonagon late last month. Details were just released by the Michigan State Police about the incident on the morning of June 24. No names were included. Investigators say a 69-year-old woman from Waukesha, Wisconsin, was in a crosswalk on …

The Copper City Honor Roll will be rededicated at a brief ceremony tomorrow. The Copper City Memorial before its recent renovation. The honor roll is located on Third Street. It was built in the 1940s, to memorialize the service of local servicemen and women. Weather and age caused the monument …

The Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conservancy will work with Baraga County to manage and develop a huge new public area in Covington Township. The county will own the 1,184 acres of forestland, which includes more than four miles of frontage on the Sturgeon River. The land is being purchased …

Finlandia University will dedicate its newest building tomorrow. The building itself isn’t new. It was built to serve as Hancock’s high school, following a fire that destroyed the previous school 100 years ago this coming Monday. It housed Hancock Central High until the new facility was built on Campus Drive, …