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The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community will hold its annual general election tomorrow. Voters will be asked to choose two Tribal Council members from each district. In alphabetical order, candidates in the L’Anse District are Donald Chosa Jr., Michael P. Lahti, Carole LaPointe, incumbent Rodney Loonsfoot, and Don Messer Jr. Baraga …

Finlandia University is added a new course of study. Beginning next fall, students will be able to declare creative writing as a minor. The track will include five core classes that focus on fiction writing, poetry, creative non-fiction, contemporary literature, and a creative writing portfolio. An additional elective or internship …

The U.S. Coast Guard has begun ice breaking operations in the northern Great Lakes. Operation Taconite began a week earlier than last year, as ice began to cover ports and critical shipping lanes. The cutter Katmai Bay will be responsible for keeping the shipping lane between Sault Sainte Marie and …

The Michigan Tech Board of Trustees will meet this morning. Among the items trustees will review are recommendations from the University Senate that the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, and School of Business and Economics both be elevated to college levels. The recent University Senate resolution that calls …

On the heels of yesterday’s report of a successful Giving Tuesday campaign by the Portage Health Foundation, Finlandia University is also announcing good news. Marketing and Communications Director Olivia Myers tells us the university raised $62,403.25 on December 3rd. That total includes a $20,000 matching grant from Finlandia Board President …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed a series of bills that will expand the number of online retailers that will need to collect Michigan sales tax. The bills extend the six percent levy to third-party retailers who sell items directly on such websites as Amazon, Wayfair and Overstock, even if those …

The state is working to keep the main entrance road to Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park from washing into Lake Superior. High water levels and violent fall storms are threatening the 107th Engineers Memorial Highway, which runs from Silver City to the Union Bay Campground, the ski hill, and the …

This year’s Portage Health Foundation Giving Tuesday campaign will pump nearly a third of a million dollars into 15 local nonprofits. The December 3rd event brought in $217,781 from around 550 donors. PHF matched the first $100,000 in donations dollar-for-dollar, for a total of $317,781. PHF Executive Director Kevin Store …

The UP Regional Blood Center is critically short of O-negative and B-negative blood. If you can donate, call the Blood Center’s office in Hancock at 483-1392. There are also two blood drives scheduled in the area next week – one at Baraga County Memorial Hospital in L’Anse Tuesday between 2:00 …

The Houghton County Fair Board will hold its annual meeting tonight (December 12th). Last year’s fair will be reviewed, a bylaw change will be considered, and directors will be elected. The meeting begins at 7:00 in the Sisu Room at the Houghton County Arena. The public is welcome. Only members …