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Harry Potter fans take note!! This is your chance to see a live snowy owl up close and personal.  This Sunday, the Chocolay Raptor Center will release a rehabbed snowy owl. The owl banged itself into a house in Big Bay, probably chasing one of the herd of rabbits there.  …

Michigan Technological University Students will compete for more than $5,000 in cash and prizes in the 2018 Bob Mark Business Model Competition. Hosted by the Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship, the event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 5) in the Opie Library on the Tech campus. …

The entire Upper Peninsula is known to have a strong Finnish heritage, and here in the Keweenaw that also rings true, but with the efforts of the Finnish American Heritage Center, celebrating that culture is commonplace in the community. “We are commemorating Finland’s Independence again this year. This is the …

The period to complete the acquisition of the White Pine mine has been extended until March. Highland Copper Company is in the process of acquiring the mine location from Copper Range Company. In a press release, Highland Copper states the final closing of the acquisition is subject to a number …

ESCANABA, Mich. — (Nov. 30, 2018) Michigan’s only state fair proved once again to be an economic boon to the Upper Peninsula (U.P.). The Aug. 13-19 U.P. State Fair in Escanaba, Mich., drew a record-high 92,000 fairgoers. This was nearly a six percent increase over 2017’s record-setting attendance of 87,000. …

HANCOCK — Hobbyhorses are all the rage in Finland, and organizers of the Heikinpäivä festival are bringing this exciting, family-friendly fad to Hancock this year. You can create your own hobbyhorse anytime, anywhere, but what better time that at a community hobbyhorse workshop on Tuesday, December 4 at Sew Cranky …

A Community food drive has students in Chassell fighting hunger and competing for pizza at the same time.  K through 12 students at the Chassell School have been collecting canned and dry goods that will be forwarded to area food banks tomorrow, with each grade competing to collect the most.  …

November 30, 2018 — Unemployed workers in Houghton County will now have the convenience of unemployment insurance and reemployment services all in one location. TIA-UI has partnered with UPWARD Talent Council Michigan Works! to house an unemployment insurance representative at the Michigan Works service center at 400 Quincy St. in Hancock, effective …

HOUGHTON, MI – November 30, 2018 – The City of Houghton has been recognized for its successes and efforts in contributing to Michigan’s entrepreneurial growth and economic development in the annual eCities study conducted by researchers at iLabs, University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Center for Innovation Research. Houghton was honored as a …

With the valuable assistance of hunters, a minimum goal set for chronic wasting disease deer head testing has been surpassed in two surveillance areas set up in the central Upper Peninsula. The testing will aid the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in determining the extent of this deadly deer disease …