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Calley Hosts Statewide Business Workshop In Flint

Lt. Gov. Brian Calley and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bernstein are hosting a statewide business workshop today in Flint. The aim is to provide employers with the tools to strengthen Michigan’s workforce by hiring people with disabilities. Calley and Bernstein launched the MI Hidden Talent tour in 2015 to raise …

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Kids Count Report Shows More Help Is Needed

Lawmakers need to fix harmful policies that are failing our kids. That’s the message from the Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2016, which has just been released. The report shows that child poverty has gone up in 80 of the 83 counties in Michigan since 2006. And the report …

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Saatio Escapes Again

The search is back on for escaped Houghton County Jail inmate John Saatio. According to The Tico Times News, the 34-year-old Saatio escaped from an Costa Rican immigration detention center Sunday night by crawling through a ventilation duct during dinner. Saatio has been wanted out of Houghton since last summer …

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Seafoodfest Serves Up Great Time

Lobster is always the star of the Houghton Rotary Seafoodfest. The two-day fundraiser featured a wide variety of seafood and other delicious menu choices, plus games and live entertainment. Seafoodfest Chair Eli Karttunen said things were looking good right at the start. Not only were guests treated to a great …

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Midsummer Pole Dedication This Saturday

Standing as a symbol of the area’s Finnish culture for the third summer in a row, a Midsummer pole on Finlandia University’s Quincy Green will be dedicated on June 25. Live music by the Thimbleberry Trio begins at about 11 a.m. at Quincy Green, near the Finnish American Heritage Center. …

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Detroit Teens Learn about Natural Resources Careers at MIchigan Tech

Twenty-two high school students from 13 Detroit schools will spend June 21-25 at Michigan Technological University, all expenses paid, exploring careers in natural resources, environmental science and engineering.  They won the opportunity by writing an essay and submitting two letters of recommendation. They will get to try their hand at …

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Invent@NMU Announces Statewide Expansion through White House

Northern Michigan University’s commitment to expand its Invent@NMU program throughout Michigan will be published in a White House fact sheet released as part of the National Week of Making. Invent@NMU Founding Director David Ollila also has been invited by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to …

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