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Saturday is Derby at the Dee as the Keweenaw Roller Derby hosts Team Unicorn from Madison, Wisconsin to open their home season. Keweenaw Roller Derby is part of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association and tomorrow’s bout is the first of four derby events at the Dee this year. I …

Skilled welding workers are in high demand and students at the Copper Country Intermediate School District are ready to help meet that need. The Copper Country ISD held a CTE Welding Student Showcase on Tuesday where 15 welding students met with 30 local manufacturers, from Massie, Calumet Electronics, REL, Loukus …

The village of Baraga is one of 23 small communities in Michigan to receive a road funding grant through a new Community Service Infrastructure Fund program. The program was established last December by the Michigan Department of Transportation to help villages and small cities in the state with populations less …

© Tim McG Photo & Video Michigan Tech’s Visual and Performing Arts Department has a new Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies. Minnesota native Adam Meckler will be the third director of the Michigan Tech Jazz program, which has a 52-year history of Jazz in the Midwest.  …

The head of UP Health System–Marquette is stepping down. Market President of UP Health System and CEO of UP Health System—Marquette Brian Sinotte has been in the Upper Peninsula for three years. He has accepted a position in Chicago and will leave his current role effective June 21st. “The decision …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is working to get the local trail system back to pre-flood condition. The DNR gave an update on the repair effort to the Houghton City Council at their regular meeting Wednesday. Heavy rains last June caused severe flood damage to homes, roads, and trails. …

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools will host a Memorial Concert in honor of former band teacher, Paula McKaig, in the DB-TC auditorium at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 18th. McKaig taught at DB-TC for 23 years and retired in 2015; she battled cancer for three years and passed on October …

An Upper Peninsula man will soon be sentenced for illegally manufacturing and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute. A jury in federal district court in Marquette found 48-year-old Lee Edward Blomquist guilty of manufacturing or aiding and abetting the manufacture of more than 50 marijuana plants and of possessing or …

The Houghton Fire Department is participating in a state funded grant program that allows the department to install free smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors into the homes of residents in the city. The targeted customers for these detectors will be homes with children, elderly residents, and residents living in …

Auto insurance reform in Michigan is expected to arrive on Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk soon where she has vowed to veto it. The State House passed a bill Wednesday to overhaul the system while the Senate approved their bill earlier in the week. Both the House and Senate Republican-backed plans …