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Tonight Houghton’s city council will meet for the first of the city’s regular council meetings in the month of August. Ahead of the regular meeting the council will hold a public hearing for the city’s application for a Rural Development grant that will seek to purchase new equipment. Using the …

With so much natural beauty around the Keweenaw Peninsula, one may forget from time to time about the crown jewel located in the middle of Lake Superior. Next week the Isle Royale National Park Headquarters will bring back Family Day for the Keweenaw Peninsula. The event includes a no cost …

Michigan Tech’s students are just about ready to move in and get the school year started. And soon after the start of the fall semester is one of the university’s most exciting traditions that has been in place since 1989, The Parade of Nations. The festival celebrates the university and …

Downtown Houghton is full of quaint shops with years of expertise in their chosen crafts, stores full of one of a kind upper peninsula gifts, and fantastic restaurants with local dishes such as white fish or a pasty. A newcomer to the downtown business scene includes I-Love-Leathers, who have recently …

The City of Houghton will temporarily re open some of the parking on Lakeshore Drive today. The east end of the new parking lot will reopen for the public to use, with temporary striping allowing for 56 parking spots. A road closed sign will be placed at Huron Street to …

Nearly a year after the ribbon cutting for the Department of energy’s Regional testing center program at Michigan Tech’s Advanced Power Systems Laboratories Senator Debbie Stabenow was able to make an in person appearance and take a tour of the facility. Michigan Tech University researchers and students at the Advanced …

This summer Hancock Public Schools have had a shakeup in leadership. Though following last night’s special meeting,  the district should see stability going forward. In June then Superintendent Steve Patchin tendered resignation from his position. An agreement to stay on with Hancock could not be reached in a follow up …

Michigan Tech and researchers with a Canadian organization are leading the exploration into preventing further spread of a fatal tree disease. Researchers from Michigan Tech University, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry of Canada are studying the spread of Oak Wilt, a fungal disease that often decimates forests. …

This summer has been quite special for Fort Wilkins historic state park. The fort was built in 1844 to order in the Keweenaw Peninsula during the copper rush in the late 19th century. Then in 1923 after the fort was decommissioned for military use, the fort became a state park. …

As the summer rolls along, so do the Keweenaw ATV club’s projects. Over the summer the Keweenaw ATV club hosts gatherings in the community, trail-side ride days, and picnic. But more often you’ll find club members out on the ATV trails having fun and maintain the trail system. But some …