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The Chocolay Raptor Center in Marquette is taking care of an injured owl–again. Co-Founder Bob Jensen says they first nursed “Papa Owl” back to health after it was shot with a pellet. He says a good Samaritan found Papa Owl in distress outside and brought him into the Raptor Center. …

With Michigan considering legalizing marijuana, a former White House drug policy advisor says “don’t do it.” Kevin Sabet is head of the group Smart Approaches to Marijuana, discussing the impact of today’s stronger, more potent drug. Sabet was meeting with public health and law enforcement officlas about the negative impact the …

Exhibit Dates: March 30 to April 18, 2017 Reception: Thursday, March 30, 7:00 p.m. Student and Alumni Fashion Show at 7:15 p.m. HANCOCK, MI – A juried exhibit of artwork by students in the Finlandia University International School of Art & Design (ISAD) is featured at the Finlandia University Gallery, …

Calumet, MI – The Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau would like to announce that they will be rewarding those that participated in the Michigan Tech Winter Carnival statue building for all their hard work. The KCVB will award prize money to the first, second and third place winners of the …

The Village of Calumet would like to erect a memorial to the victims of the 1913 Italian Hall tragedy, but what that memorial will look like is the topic of a growing controversy. At the March meeting of the village council, a motion was passed to adopt a recommendation from …

A group of local farmers and truck drivers are working together to help victims of a series of devastating wildfires. Called the Yooper Relief Convo–seven trucks hauling bales of hay and other supplies are scheduled to leave from Bruce Crossing Friday, headed to Oklahoma. The effort was started by Marty …

Legislation that would change the school year start time has been introduced in the state Senate. Republican Marty Knollenberg says Bill 217 keeps tourism in mind. He says four-day weekends leading up to the Labor Day weekend are economically beneficial. His biggest concern is that power remain on the local …

A donation of equipment to Michigan Tech’s School of Business and Economics will create more opportunities for students. Iron Mountain based CCI Systems donated over 50 pieces of equipment to support the new Information Systems Student Lab of the Management Information Systems program. Assistant Professor Jeffrey Wall says the computers, …

The Houghton Police Department says they responded to a call around 1:40pm Friday afternoon that a person had gone over the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. Officers arrived on scene and found a person in the water near the bridge. Houghton Police officers as well as officers from Michigan Tech Public …

Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials said a recent $1.25 million capital outlay allocation has helped boost to nearly $3 million the total amount of funding available to design and construct master plan concepts at F.J. McLain State Park. Work was initially planned to begin this spring, but has been …