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It’s that time of year when Santa comes to visit and spreads his holiday cheer to the Keweenaw community. His first stop was Christmas in Calumet, where children gathered at the Vertin Gallery to tell Santa their Christmas wishes. Santa says he is very proud of kids in the Copper …
Read More »Finnish Independence Day Celebrated In Hancock
Every year, the Keweenaw Finnish community celebrates their heritage with Finland’s Independence Day. The day has been celebrated at Finlandia University, formerly Suomi College, since the first anniversary of Finland’s independence in 1918. This year’s festivities at the University’s Finnish American Heritage Center were a special celebration of the 150th …
Read More »Chinese Company Opening Research Lab In Hancock
An international environmental project has new research labs opening locally. Michigan Tech Materials Science Professor Jim Hwang met with an established Chinese Environmental company last year. He told them about the environmental research done at Tech and in the U.P. Now, the same Chinese company is opening its first international …
Read More »Firearm Deer Hunting Season A Mixed Bag In The Upper Peninsula
Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists said preliminary check station data shows mixed results for the firearm deer hunting season in the Upper Peninsula. So far, indications are there was a drop in the overall harvest. However, with hunters across the region registering a higher proportion of mature bucks, …
Read More »Fourth Case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer Found
A fourth case of chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in southern Michigan deer. According to the Department of Natural Resources, a hunter from Clinton County’s Dewitt Township brought in the year-and-a-half-old buck last month. Preliminary tests suggest the deer may have had the neurological disease. Three other infected free-ranging …
Read More »Lawmaker Wants State to Focus on Mining Jobs in the U.P.
A state lawmaker says that while new job development projects are commonplace around the state, new mining jobs in the Upper Peninsula too often get the silent treatment. State Senate Republican Tom Casperson of Escanaba wishes more attention is given to the jobs provided by mining in the UP. Casperson …
Read More »Two State Lawmakers, and Moms, Weigh in on U of M Study
A pair of state lawmakers believe a University of Michigan study that found women who are overweight heading in to their second pregnancy have greater chances of a stillbirth sheds light on an important issue. One of them, State Representative Winnie Brinks, is a mom of three and says it’s …
Read More »State May Have Overpaid Former Prison Food Vendor
An audit of the Michigan Department of Corrections and its former food contractor found the state may have overpaid for meals at prisons. The audit found DOC paid Aramark $3.4 million even though there was a dispute over how many meals were served to prisoners. The audit found meal counts …
Read More »MSU is Licensing Unique Facial Recognition Program
Police departments could soon have access to a facial recognition program developed at Michigan State University that can match faces caught on security cameras with faces in a database. Anil Jain, a biometrics expert at MSU, says they’ve licensed the technology to NEC Corp, which will make it available to …
Read More »Group Offers Plan to Boost Post High School Education
A group of educators and lawmakers are offering a plan to boost the number of Michiganders with a post high school education. A new report by the Postsecondary Credential Attainment Workgroup says Michigan needs more than 779,000 more citizens with a postsecondary education, be that college degrees or technical or …
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