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Winter Carnival is underway at Michigan Tech. As usual, festivities kicked off with the Carnival All-Nighter. This year’s theme is “As snow accumulates at alarming rates, we show our love for the fifty states.” Snow statues are the main event at the campus party. These teams work on their snow …

Michigan Tech isn’t the only place in the Copper Country that is making a festival out of winter. The Baraga County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Winter Happening with events throughout the weekend. The celebration begins Friday at 4:00pm at the Whirl-I-Gig with a family dance followed by a dinner …

Mother Nature had an impact on the scheduled first session for the Finnish American Heritage Center’s community enrichment classes, so there’s still an opportunity to sign up and take part. All classes are $50 per student, per class. Advanced registration is encouraged, but not required. This year’s lineup includes three …

ONTONAGON – The Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Board of Directors and Aspirus Inc. approved construction of an 8,210 sq. ft. expansion and renovation project of the hospital’s emergency department. Engineering and design plans are in the process of being finalized. Project completion is set for March of 2017. The project includes …

HANCOCK, Mich. – UP Health System will begin site preparation activity at its planned new UP Health System Calumet clinic in late February. Initial activity will focus on demolishing a portion of the current structure at the site where the new clinic will be constructed. Construction of the new clinic …

A U.S. Congressional committee took testimony Wednesday on the Flint water crisis. Among those not there to testify was Governor Rick Snyder. Gerald Edward ‘Gerry’ Connolly, Democratic congressman from Virginia, says the committee should demand the governor testify. New Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Director Keith Creagh was among those …

The state Senate minority leader says he has a plan to begin replacing water pipes in Flint at no additional cost to taxpayers. Senator Jim Ananich, who’s from Flint, says closing a loophole that gives a tax credit to insurance companies would save the state $80 million annually. He says …

Governor Rick Snyder says he’ll call for $30 million in his 2017 budget to help pay water bills in Flint. State Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, who lives in Flint, says the governor’s proposal is a step in the right direction. However, Ananich says the Flint’s mayor’s office told him …

A revamped bill outlining what local governments and schools can communicate to voters about ballot issues leading up to Election Day has cleared a House committee. The measure was changed to give more leeway to what can be said about a ballot initiative. State Representative Lisa Posthumus-Lyons is sponsoring the …

Legislation introduced in the Michigan House Wednesday would open the door for Tesla to sell its electric cars directly to consumers in Michigan. State Representative Aaron Miller is sponsoring the measure and concedes it probably won’t be popular with car dealerships in his district and others across the state. However …