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The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget scoured statewide for the 2021 Christmas tree, eventually settling on a selection from near the Wisconsin border. A 63-foot spruce from Marenisco will stand proudly outside of the Capitol Building in Lansing beginning on October 30th. Adornment will start next month and …

Earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland put out a memo to United States Department of Justice employees, particularly the ranks of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to actively pursue threats, intimidation, and harassment of local school board members. When asked on Tuesday about the move, State Superintendent Michael Rice …

Copper Country Career and Technical Education Director Shawn Kolbus is entertaining the head of the State of Michigan’s Department of Education – Office of Career and Technical Education Wednesday. Dr. Brian Pyles began his day at the monthly Keweenaw Alliance breakfast held at The Bonfire in Houghton. Pyles’ visit comes …

Less than two weeks until the Fighting Irish skate at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena, perhaps the highest profile nonconference opponent for the Huskies to visit the Copper Country in years. Hancock councilman and historian John Haeussler says there is a lot of history tying this region to Notre …

When Ben Larson leaves his post at the end of the month, the current controller will be the one filling the coveted administrator spot. At a meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Houghton County Board of Commissioners unanimously selected Elizabeth Bjorn for the job. Bjorn has risen through the ranks, starting as …

Supervisor Gerald Heikkinen revealed that Circle Power and a Grand Rapids law firm had submitted a Freedom of Information Act request at Monday’s Adams Township Board of Trustees meeting. The Guardians of the Keweenaw Ridge released a statement the next morning saying that the tactic represented an attempt at intimidation. …

State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice visited six different Copper Country Intermediate School District member facilities today. He began his tour at E. B. Holman School in Stanton Township, where he read to a first grade classroom and then was taken on a tour by three middle school students. It is …

Circle Power executive Chris Moore said his company intends to triple the number of wind turbines in its development proposal for Adams Township at a Monday meeting of the Board of Trustees. [Correction: Story originally said Circle Power is increasing to eight in Adams Township. It is increasing its proposal …

From campus to the Quincy Mine Hoist, Michigan Tech is making sure the hills of the Copper Country are alive with the sound of music this week. Six concerts will take place over four days. In what may be a musical first, hard hats will be a necessary accessory for …

The Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance has been helping to organize volunteer groups to “button up” dilapidated properties in Calumet. The structures range from commercial businesses to residential homes, all of which have already been foreclosed on. Main Street Calumet has also been instrumental in organizing the work. Executive Director Leah …