MI-TRALE trains over 150 young ATV and ORV riders before the start of the 2024 ATV/ORV season. Helping prepare the next generation of trail club members with knowledgeable safety information and passing state off-road license requirements. This season the Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment set out to start the …
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Last Saturday search and rescue agencies from throughout the Upper Peninsula and areas of Northern Wisconsin met in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park for a full-scale training exercise. Local Search Group Superior Search and Rescue was a lead agency in the training opportunity for the Lake Superior region after working with the Michigan …
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Becoming an incredible parent takes a lot of work and knowledge. And most of the best advice comes from other parents and peers. Tomorrow evening the Copper Country Intermediate School District and the Portage Lake District Library will invite parents at all stages to meet at the library for a parent café. …
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Michigan Technological University College of Computing names a new associate dean of the college. Applied Computing Professor Yu Cai has been selected as the new associate dean for the College of Computing Yu Cai will take on the role effective August 1st ahead of the fall semester. In the associate dean role, Cai will provide oversight …
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The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at North Michigan University launches a website extending the reach of the Walking Together: Finding Common Ground Exhibit. The website, named in companion with the traveling exhibit, shares the stories of indigenous communities in the Upper Peninsula and Midwest, including the experiences attending Native American …
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CCISD Career and Technical Education announces a significant program milestone after a student signs a letter of intent with Great Lakes Sound and Vibration. Recently home-school student Baron Colbert signed a nonbinding letter of intent to join Great Lakes Sound and Vibration as a second-year CTE Work Based Learning student. The …
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The Northbound sidewalk on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge will close to pedestrian traffic today while MDOT crews complete elevator replacement work. Starting today, and continuing through June, the Portage Lake Lift Bridge northbound sidewalk will close, and a pedestrian detour set up. The repair is part of a 4.3 million dollar …
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MDOT will begin a 2.2 million dollar project to rebuild a section of M-95 from Hamilton Avenue and Woodward Avenue in Kingsford and Iron Mountain. The project will complete work over a 0.2-mile stretch for asphalt rebuilding, water main, storm and sanitary sewer work, and construction of sidewalk and concrete …
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Summertime can include some fun experiences while also learning a little. This summer the Michigan Tech Summer Youth Program will have several scholarships available for local middle school and high school students. The scholarships available to Upper Peninsula students include the Junior Women in Engineering, National Summer Transportation Institute, Women in …
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The Ottawa National Forest will partner with the US Army Corps of Engineers on a multi million-dollar project to revitalize the J.W. Toumey Nursery. The project will construct a nursery facility to promote the production of native plant seedlings, accomplishing goals set out by the USDA Forest Services’ Reforestation Strategy. …
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