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Keweenaw Wild Ones is hosting the Keweenaw Native Plant Symposium virtually this year. On Saturday attendees can tune in and hear from a variety of speakers talking about the importance of native plants, pollinators, and how native plants help reestablish a region’s biodiversity. Heather Holm is the symposium’s keynote speaker. …

MDOT will restart the College Avenue project on Monday. The summer road project will impact travel around the university and going east out of Houghton on US-41. The next stage of the project is scheduled for throughout summer. To start MDOT will allow traffic to travel north on college avenue …

A dam at the Net River Flooding State Wildlife Management Area in Covington Township is in trouble. Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials say a person visiting the area at the south outlet of Net River Flooding was the first to report a washed-out area around the dam on Wednesday. …

Local law enforcement organizations will be taking part in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday. The goal is to remove unwanted, unused and expired prescription medications from homes, and dispose of them appropriately.  Unused prescriptions can fall into the hands of people who might abuse them. Disposal into household …

Michigan Tech’s Board of Trustees will hold its graduation weekend meeting Friday morning.  The agenda is typically presentation-heavy, with many of the university’s constituencies briefing trustees about their accomplishments this year. The board will be asked to approve three new degrees…• Bachelor of Science degree in Business Analytics in the …

The League of Women Voters of the Copper Country has posted its guide to Tuesday’s elections.  The website includes information about the three candidates running for the one available Houghton city council seat, along with other local issues, including:  • The proposal in the Village of Calumet asking if the …

The Portage Lake District Library has a new director.  Katrina Linde-Moriarty will start work at the library on Monday. Linde-Moriarty previously served as director of the public library in Monticello, Wisconsin – a small town south of Madison. She holds a bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology and history from the …

Michigan Tech graduates will also take to the stage this weekend. On Saturday graduates and their families will gather in MacInnes Ice Arena for commencement. Calumet native, Brooke Tienhaara, will deliver the student speaker speech. Graduating students will also hear from writer, radio host, and college instructor John U. Bacon. …

Finlandia University’s commencement is bound to be an exciting time for students and families. This year’s graduating class will hear from one of their own, in student representative, Arty Puntus. As well as Vance Blackfox, the Director of Indigenous Ministries and Tribal Relations with the Evangelical Lutheran Church. On Saturday, …

Michigan Tech is breaking ground on their H-STEM Engineering and Health Technologies Complex. Tomorrow the university is inviting the public to a ground breaking ceremony. The new complex will begin work near the Chemical Sciences and Engineering building on the west end of campus. The H-STEM Complex will play a …