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Finlandia University is now accepting applications for the Dave and Elsa Brule Scholarship. This competitive scholarship is for students interested in studying art and design in the university’s International School of Art & Design. The scholarship recipients will be selected based on a portfolio competition. Applicants will need to be …

The public is invited to the Portage Lake District Library on Saturday, February 4, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. to join the community celebration of the First Anniversary of the Houghton County Cardboard Recycling Center in Atlantic Mine. Kids and adults will have fun-filled, hands-on recycling activities to participate …

HANCOCK, Mich., Jan. 30, 2017 – The Keller Family Community Foundation (KFCF) out of Richmond, Minnesota, has renewed a $2,000 grant to the Portage Health Foundation (PHF), which PHF will match, for the purchase of gas-only gift cards for the continuation of a medical transportation program at UP Health System …

For the original story by ABC-10’s Jerry Taylor, click here. The ban on people entering the United States from certain countries is having on affect on residents here in Houghton. Michigan Tech research assistant Shadi Darani is from Iran, one of the seven countries that are not allowed to bring …

The executive order on immigration is leaving schools in a quandary on how to proceed. Michigan Tech University Marketing Director Ian Repp says the school is in full support of their students and their legal team will provide assistance, as needed. Repp says 80-90 students and staff met Sunday to …

Much of the talk around the nation concerns the executive order restricting immigration from seven countries. How does Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow feel about it? STABENOW — 1 The president has stated that his soon-to-be announced choice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court will please conservative Christians. Stabenow …

The U.S. Senate will vote whether or not to confirm Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary today. Michigan Charter School Association president Dan Quisenberry calls DeVos , of Grand Rapids, an inspired choice, despite critics who say she lacks experience and is too focused on charter schools. DEVOS3-A-QUISENBERRY(T-MNN_ Quisenberry expects that …

Does the President’s executive order temporarily banning travel for citizens from seven Muslim majority countries mirror the Obama administration’s pause of Iraqi refugee requests in 2011? TRUMP REAX2-A-WHITE That’s Dr. Jonathon White, a terrorism expert and executive director of the Homeland Defense Initiative at Grand Valley State University. TRUMP REAX1-A-WHITE …

While other attorney generals around the country are protesting the new administration’s immigration policies, Democrats want Michigan’s A.G. to do the same. Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick. MICH AG-MNN

Governor Rick Snyder is weighing in on the Trump administration’s work toward immigration reform. Details from Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick. IMMGOV-W-SK