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It’s not a matter of “if”, but “when”. That’s the word from the Michigan Department of Transportation on the installation of a traffic light at the entrance of the WalMart on M-26 in Houghton. MDOT says the traffic at this hazardous intersection warrants a stop light MDOT Transportation Service Center …

ONTONAGON, MI – Upper Great Lakes Family Health Center (UGL) welcomes Andrew Gurien, MD, to their team of providers at the Ontonagon Community Health Center.  With more than 10 years of experience Dr. Gurien is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with additional certifications in Advanced Cardiovascular …

Fewer people are hunting in Michigan, a trend affecting state agency budgets for environmental conservation. As the traditional father-son hunting culture ebbs, urban foodies, young women and other groups have taken up the sport. Today from 2-3 p.m. EST, Michigan Tech will host a live Twitter chat about the science …

ONTONAGON, Mich. (Nov. 10, 2015)—The Porcupine Mountains Ontonagon Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (PMCVB) has announced the winner of its recent Fall in Love with the Porcupine Mountains Sweepstakes. Megan Wegner of Green Bay, Wis., was selected as the grand-prize winner in the sweepstakes, which ran through October 16. The …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has launched a public information and education campaign to try to keep chronic wasting disease from reaching the Upper Peninsula. Discovered earlier this year in free-ranging deer in the Lower Peninsula, CWD affects the central nervous system and is fatal to white-tailed deer, mule …

HOUGHTON, MI (Nov. 11, 2015) – Two Upper Peninsula companies were among 10 winning finalists selected at the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition in Detroit, Nov. 5. QTEK LLC founders Dr. Bowen Li and Amy Zhi won in the Life Science sector, earning $25,000 to advance Surfion, their antimicrobial additive technology. …

HOUGHTON, MI (Nov. 11, 2015) – Two Upper Peninsula companies were among 10 winning finalists selected at the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition in Detroit, Nov. 5. QTEK LLC founders Dr. Bowen Li and Amy Zhi won in the Life Science sector, earning $25,000 to advance Surfion, their antimicrobial additive technology. …

Just how is the city of Houghton doing? The City Council got a look at their Performance Dashboard, a snapshot of trends in the city over the last couple of years, at their regular meeting Wednesday. City Manager Eric Waara presented the report which shows gains in many of the …

School districts would no longer have to provide paid leave for employees that use that time to do union work, under a bill that passed the state Senate Tuesday. Senate Republican Marty Knollenberg sponsored the measure. He says employees shouldn’t be performing union work on the taxpayer’s dime. Knollenberg says …

A measure designed to make it easier for firefighters coming from out-of-state to be certified in Michigan is headed to the governor’s desk. The bill passed the House Tuesday. It cleared the Senate in October. State Senator Dale Zorn, who’s sponsoring the bill, says it would provide firefighter certification reciprocity …