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Michigan Tech has come to an agreement on a five-year contract with their newly elected president. Beginning July 1st, Dr. Richard Koubek’s salary will be $450,000 a year and he will also be named a tenured professor. An at risk portion of his compensation is set up to $25,000, with …

LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has notified Vanenkevort Tug and Barge, Inc. that he will bring a civil action against the company whose ship dragged an anchor across State bottomlands and submerged electric and petroleum pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac, causing the release of a hazardous substance and …

HOUGHTON, MI, Wednesday, April 11, 2018– The Rozsa Center and the Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are excited to announce their semi-annual student showcase, titled From There to Here, featuring works of art created by Michigan Tech students who are participating in Project Learning Lab, an innovative arts …

A local teenager is paying it forward and showing her appreciation for an Upper Peninsula charity as she has enlisted the help of area businesses and raised several thousand dollars. The Beacon House is a non profit hospitality house that gives medical patients and their families a place to stay …

Although the tip of the Keweenaw is still under a thick blanket of snow, the Copper Harbor Trails Club is anxiously waiting to open up the 2018 mountain biking season. “The trails are not open yet. We’ve had a lot of snow. It’s been a pretty cold spring so we …

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and the Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) are notifying residents near the Straits of Mackinac to increased activity related to damage to American Transmission Co.’s electrical transmission lines and Enbridge Energy’s Line 5. Crews …

A soldier from Calumet who has been missing since the Vietnam War has now been accounted for. An announcement from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency earlier this month said the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Marshall F. Kipina were identified. The aircraft Kipina was serving on was lost on a …

The national website SmartAsset ranks Houghton as one of the top 10 tax-friendly cities in Michigan. In their fourth annual study, the website analyzed sales, property, income, fuel and Social Security tax data to rank locations on how friendly they are for retirees. Houghton came in at number 8 on …

HANCOCK, MI – Finlandia University’s International School of Art & Design (ISAD) 2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts Diploma Works Exhibition is featured from April 28 to May 31, 2018, at the Finlandia University Gallery. The Finlandia University Gallery is located in the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock. A reception …

Creating Confident Caregivers is an exciting new program in select regions of Michigan, for family caregivers of persons with dementia and/or memory loss. This is a six-session workshop led by trained dementia care specialists. This university tested program provides participants with information, skills and attitudes to manage stress and increase …