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HOUGHTON, Michigan (Tuesday, April 5, 2017) – West Side Story changed the very nature of American Musical Theatre. With music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by a young Stephen Sondheim, the play was grounded in a distinctively modern sound with a passionately poetic statement: A place where everyone can grow …

An environmental organization is blaming recent exploratory drilling for making a “mess” of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The Mining Action Group of the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition issued a statement calling for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to halt any further exploratory drilling in or near the …

Secretary of State Ruth Johnson reminds residents that the Mohawk office is now open two days a week instead of one. The office at 3616 U.S. Highway 41 will have business hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the end of October, when it will return to one-day-a-week service as it …

April 4th marks the number of extra calendar days a woman has to work on average to make as much as a man during the year for doing the same job. That’s why Tuesday was Equal Pay Day. A rally on the campus of Michigan Tech provided cookies and information on …

If you think acne only happens to teenagers, think again. Adult acne is more frequent in women then men and may be due to fluctuating hormones. Dermatologist Wendy Sadoff says when it comes to treatment, forget what you used as a teen.

Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD can develop after someone experiences or witnesses a traumatic event leading to an overactive memory of fear. But some people are getting relief from an antibiotic. Health reporter Dr. Deanna Lites has details.

The Marquette County Prosecutor has declined to authorize criminal charges in relation to a county-wide sexting scandal involving hundreds of high school students at local schools. The investigation conducted by the Michigan State Police concluded students from Gwinn, Ishpeming, Marquette, Negaunee, Republic and Westwood schools were all involved in using …

The Log Slide Overlook at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is closed. Heavy snow, ice, and sand deposits followed by erosion has caused the viewing platform to break off and slide about 100 feet down the face of the dune. After the ice and snow melts, park staff will go in …

Today is Equal Pay Day and a demonstration is planned on the campus of Michigan Tech, calling for equal pay for women. Organizers say that, on average, women earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. That amount is said to be even less for women of …

The Johnson vintage snowmobile that was on the Portage Canal near the Lift Bridge in Houghton sank into the water at 2:40 pm on Wednesday, March 29th.  The sled had been put on the ice as part of the Houghton Rotary’s “Sink the Sled” Contest which began in February. The …