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Baraga County CTC as part of the Upper Peninsula Coalition Network has received a grant to fund the training of one person in Baraga County to be certified as a QPR trainer. QPR stand for Question Persuade Refer and is a 3 step process that anyone can learn to help …

Nearly 1000 Students and one United States Senator were awarded their degrees over the weekend on the campus of Michigan Tech. The university held its Spring Commencement ceremony Saturday at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena, where more than 200 graduates were awarded a master’s degree and 49 graduating students …

[Hancock, MI] On December 22, 2017, the Portage Health Foundation (PHF) announced the release of their Mental and Behavioral Health (MBH) RFP with $300,000 available. This amount was made possible through the collaboration with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation which contributed $50,000 in matching monies for this targeted call …

UPDATE: The identity of two bodies found following a vehicle fire have been released.  They are 19-year-old Joshua Michael Becia of Portage Township and 19-year-old Jay Henry Stevens of Painsdale. Authorities are trying to determine the identities of two bodies found after a vehicle fire on Sunday. Deputies from the …

On 05/04/2018 at approximately 08:40 P.M. Deputies responded to 20 4th Street in the Village of South Range for a structure fire with one occupant. Adams Township 1st responders removed a 29 year old male from the structure. 1st responders, Houghton City Police Officers and a Deputy rendered aide to …

Undergraduate tuition rates at Michigan Tech will rise 3.8-percent for Michigan residents for the next academic year. The increase was part of the 213-million dollar budget approved this morning by the university’s Board of Trustees. The increase is within the range proposed by Governor Rick Snyder. Undergraduate tuition for non-residents …

Governor Rick Snyder has signed a series of bills he says will make the election process more accountable in Michigan. The legislation will require the Secretary of State to crosscheck voter registration records with Social Security death records on a monthly basis. It will also require electronic voting systems to …

A Gogebic County Road Commission employee is recovering after he was struck by a car. 52-year-old Donald Grbavich was filling potholes in Bessemer yesterday afternoon when he was hit by a car driven by 84-year-old Floyd Erickson. Police say Grbavich tried to get out of the way when he was …

A drug bust in Baraga County has landed three people in jail. Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) tell us they arrested a 29-year-old man, a 58-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman. They face multiple counts of selling morphine in Baraga County, and on the Keweenaw Bay …

Local residents are invited to join in an effort to provide for clean water for everyone. The Global 6k for Water takes place on May 19th, starting at 9:00am at Hope Fellowship church in Houghton. Proceeds from each registration for this special walk/rum event helps provide life-changing clean water for …