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Summertime can include some fun experiences while also learning a little. This summer the Michigan Tech Summer Youth Program will have several scholarships available for local middle school and high school students. The scholarships available to Upper Peninsula students include the Junior Women in Engineering, National Summer Transportation Institute, Women in …

The Ottawa National Forest will partner with the US Army Corps of Engineers on a multi million-dollar project to revitalize the J.W. Toumey Nursery. The project will construct a nursery facility to promote the production of native plant seedlings, accomplishing goals set out by the USDA Forest Services’ Reforestation Strategy. …

MDOT will begin culvert replacement work on M-28 over Rolston Creek on Monday. The Michigan Department of Transportation will start a 1.9 million dollar project to replace a culvert, complete road reconstruction, ditch grading, and scour countermeasures on M-28 near Trout Creek township. The Department anticipates the project will finish …

CCISD Construction Technology Students may have found a great fit for fundraising efforts. During the recent National Sauna Week celebration in Hancock, the CCISD CTE program auctioned a student-built sauna. The fundraiser and project taught the students important construction and business skills. Since then the students started on a second sauna that will open for auction …

With warmer days and sunnier skies ahead in the Keweenaw Peninsula, the region has begun preparing for the annual farmer’s market season. Last year the local farmer’s market collective got the ball rolling with an introductory festival at the Houghton Waterfront Pier. This year the city of Houghton and the …

A bill to name a section of M-26 after a former resident and World War Two veteran will move to the state senate for further consideration. Earlier this week representative Greg Markkanen spoke on behalf of his bill to rename a section of M-26 to the Private Wesley Karna Memorial …

Parents may remember fellow students sneaking out to smoke a cigarette in high school. Today’s students are confronted with a different way of ingesting nicotine. Next week the Copper Country Great Start Collaborative, UP Kids, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will invite Michigan state Trooper Nahri from the Calumet Post to share …

Michigan Tech names Bo Chen and Niusen Chen the 2024 Bhakta Rath Award Winners. Researcher Bo Chen and his former student Niusen Chen have worked together for six years on breakthrough design security capabilities for mobile devices. Bo Chen says that since earning his doctoral degree he’s worked on security research, and began exploring the …

Hancock’s fire department will receive an anonymous 10,000-dollar donation from a private citizen. Last night Fire Chief Bill Lepisto announced to the city council that a resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, has donated 10,000 dollars to the Hancock Fire Department. Lepisto says that after discussing the donation and the department’s needs with the donor, they determined the funds …

Spring cleaning around the house might have been completed in the last few weeks. But the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation coalition has a much larger living room to clean up this spring than most residents. This weekend KORC will hold the organization’s annual spring clean-up to help maintain hiking trails, access …