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Today you can spend some time with those who protect and serve the community during the Coffee With A Cop event going on this morning until 11 a.m. The Michigan State Police from the Calumet Post will be hosting the event at the Suomi Restaurant in Houghton. Among those who …

The Lake Char has been preparing this week for its spring surveys throughout Lake Superior. The boat is a DNR operated research vessel that conducts surveys of fish populations in Lake Superior from Isle Royale along the coast to Grand Marais. The crew will survey details of fish populations such …

Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists are reminding Lake Superior anglers to keep an eye out for Chinook salmon with missing adipose fins. In 2012, the DNR’s Fisheries Division began stocking clipped Chinook salmon as a means to track and evaluate the proportion of fish caught that originated in …

The Michigan State Police from the Calumet Post want to put a certain rumor to rest: it is not illegal to operate a vehicle with a “Reese style” trailer hitch when not pulling a trailer. This rumor has spread across the Keweenaw and troopers say there is no truth to …

  Michigan Tech’s Enterprise program has received participation from its first retail firm. Target Corporation has become involved in the program, where teams of students work with a business or industry sponsor on a real-world problem that the sponsor would like the students to help solve. The team is called …

A busy docket was on hand for the Houghton City Council yesterday. The council adopted a policy for the city’s retirement account where employees will not be able to accrue time towards their account when they are on any kind of unpaid leave. Also, a yearly revision of the city’s …

With Bridgefest right around the corner, that means it’s time to put together some ideas for the Bridgefest parade. There is no specific theme for the event but Parade Organizer David Crowley says it’s better that way. Crowley advises that anyone who wants to participate in the parade should pre-register …

Anyone looking to be a part of a Hollywood movie that will be filmed in the U.P., now is your chance. The film is called Superior and it follows two recent high school graduates, Derek and Charlie, who bike 1,300 miles around Lake Superior in 1969. Their travels take them …

A rapidly-growing field will now be featured as a class at Finlandia University. The Board of Trustees have approved the addition of an Associate in Applied Science degree in Medical Billing and Coding Specialist to the College of Health Sciences. Starting this fall, students can take courses in a field …

This week, the Michigan State Police Underwater Recovery Unit is training with Michigan Tech’s Great Lakes Research Center staff. The GLRC is providing advanced underwater sonar training and teaching advanced search and recovery techniques. The GLRC and the MSP use some of the same advanced underwater tools. MSP divers will …