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Michigan DNR’s 21st director youngest to hold the post By JOHN PEPINMichigan Department of Natural Resources As a boy, Dan Eichinger could be found with a spinning rod in hand, haunting the tree-lined banks of the Middle Branch River, trying to avoid the stream’s suckers in favor of a tug …

No sleep on campus last night for the students of Michigan Tech as the magic of winter brings several weeks of snow sculpting to completion, earning the honor of display across the university and its reaches even across the Portage Canal. The University’s Winter Carnival event known as All-Nighter took …

(Calumet, MI) The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission is now accepting applications for the 2019 Keweenaw Heritage Grant Program. This program helps local partners preserve and interpret resources and stories related to the Keweenaw’s nationally significant copper mining history, from preserving buildings and landscapes to interpretation and museum collections. …

High School In high school boys basketball last night… – Houghton defeated Ishpeming 75-65. Brad Sirard led the Gremlins with 33 points, and George Butvilas added 31. – Jeffers outscored Republic-Michigamme 66-53. – Ontonagon edged Ewen-Trout Creek 57-56. In boys play tonight… – Lake Linden-Hubbell entertains Bessemer in a game …

Shopko has announced several additional store closings, including many in the Upper Peninsula, as part of its restructuring effort through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The stores in Houghton, Calumet, L’Anse, Escanaba and Marquette are all among the scores of locations to be closed down in the coming months. The stores in …

Whether you don’t even know how to pronounce “sauna,” or if you used to have full conversations with your Finnish immigrant grandmother, the Finnish American Heritage Center (FAHC) has just the class for you this semester. The FAHC is offering three levels of Finnish language this term, all of which are led by …

HOUGHTON, MICH- Immediately following the end of the government shutdown, National Park Service (NPS) personnel went to Isle Royale to prepare for a potential translocation of wolves from Canada and the 61st annual wolf/moose population monitoring.   The extreme cold and weather conditions prevented any successful translocation of wolves from Ontario …

A trooper from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post is among 11 officers from the Upper Peninsula being recognized for their outstanding patrol and investigative efforts. Trooper Nicole Dyson is one of the recipients of the Cpl. Samuel A. Mapes Criminal Patrol and Investigative Award. Corporal Mapes was an early …

With direct ties between the automotive industry and the Keweenaw Peninsula, could recent job cuts from General Motors have any economic impact to the area?  Awkward and unsettling is the current workplace environment at many General Motors facilities as the first round of job cuts has begun for many veteran …

Michigan Department of Natural Resources Director Dan Eichinger is headed to the Upper Peninsula this weekend to attend sporting group gatherings Saturday in Escanaba and Marquette. Eichinger said the visit will help him gain additional perspective from a couple of the outdoor groups providing important contributions in the U.P. “Conservation …