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Trails Week across the state starts on Sunday. The week long celebration encourages Michigan residents and visitors to hit the trails and get outdoors. And trails week doesn’t just focus on the state’s vast hiking trails. Because Michigan’s motorized trails also offer some of the region’s best scenic views, and …

Michigan’s eroding shorelines have traditional been solved with hard metal seawalls. But research is finding that hard armory solutions have more long term issues than establishing a more natural form. Living shorelines work by connecting the land to the water rather than separating them, like with seawalls. Eagle Shoreline Protection, …

Frustration about COVID-19 restrictions at Canal View-Houghton County could come to a head at a special meeting of the Houghton County Board of Commissioners this afternoon. The issue burst into public view September 2, when Canal View administrator Kimberly Salmi published a lengthy statement on social media. In it, she …

The logo for Michigan Tech’s 2023 Winter Carnival has been released.  Next year’s theme is “Tasty Foods for Wintry Moods.” The logo design features a mouth-watering assortment of treats, including a hamburger, a milkshake, French fries, an ice cream sundae, a frosted doughnut, and – of course – a pasty. …

The diversity of the Michigan Tech campus and the surrounding community will be celebrated at tomorrow’s Parade of Nations.  The parade will begin at 11 a.m. at Quincy Green. Floats, bands, dancers and marchers carrying banners and flags of more than 60 nations will travel through downtown Hancock, across the …

A man has been arrested following an investigation into child sexual predators in the Marquette area.  Michigan State Police investigators say the 41-year-old man struck up a relationship with what he thought was an underage girl on social media, exchanged numerous messages, and eventually arranged to meet in person to …

This year’s Prisoner of War/ Missing in Action 5K run, organized by Michigan Tech Air Force ROTC, is just a couple of weeks away. Each year the students group has set up a race in the fall, to honor veterans of war who have not returned home, and raise money …

Houghton will remove the old EV charger located on the parking deck in anticipation of the two new DC fast charge EV chargers coming online in a few weeks. Over the lifespan of the old charger it has been free to hook up and charge vehicles with. And it is …

The Houghton City Planning Commission will hold a special meeting tonight. The agenda includes a site plan review for the rebuild at 326 Shelden Avenue – that’s the building between Swift Hardware and the Frank A Douglass Agency. A site plan for 408 Fairview Drive, adjacent to the Michigan Tech …

The Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition will hold its second annual Adopt-a-Beach Clean-Up Saturday in and around Copper Harbor.  A number of local groups will be participating, including the Stewards of Bete Grise Preserve, Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District, Keweenaw ATV Club, Copper Harbor Trails Club, Keweenaw Overland Adventure Retreat, and more. …