
Skiers, snowboarders hit slopes as ski mountains open up in MI's Upper Peninsula
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN/WBUP) - Ski areas around the Upper Peninsula are opening for the first time in the Winter 25-26 season.
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Toys for Tots packages donations, prepares for holiday season distributions
CHAMPION, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) ── With the winter season in full swing, members of the Marine Corps League - Lake Superior Detachment #764 and the Salvation Army stores of Marquette and Ishpeming loaded up their Toys for Tots donations in Champion...
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DNA testing confirms Houghton County driver hit a cougar
HOUGHTON COUNTY, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - A cougar was struck by a vehicle in a crash in mid-November, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
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US Senate unanimously passes bill to return stolen land to KBIC, pay tribe $34 million
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBUP/WJMN) - The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) saw a big win as the Senate passed a bill that would give back nearly 6,000 acres of stolen land and $34 million.
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Michigan Technological University students move onto life after college
Graduation is already here. Tomorrow graduates and their families will file into the Michigan Technological University Student Development Complex. Undergraduate commencement speaker Quinn Riordan will deliver an address congratulating her fellow graduates after earning a bachelor of science in applied ecology and env...
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Isle Royale National Park expanding Artist-in-Residence program for America250
Isle Royale National Park will open applications for the artist in residence programs. Each summer Isle Royale National Park invites artists from nearby and far away, young and old, to explore the inspiring vistas and unique landscape to create art. After the new year applications will open on Jan. 2, and close Feb. 1...
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Houghton Portage Township Schools receives the MSAFE award for excellent facility management and safety
Houghton Portage Township Schools honors the district's Director of Maintenance and receives the MSAFE Award. Recently HPTS schools announced the district has been awarded the Michigan Safety Awareness and Facility Excellence Award, that recognizes four SET SEG members in Michigan each year. The award reflects a distr...
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Finnish American Folk School programming starts soon before Heikinpaiva
There's a little more than one month before the bear rolls over. Heikinpäivä marks the midway point in winter each January. But leading up to the day, Hancock celebrates Finnish-American heritage in many ways. Sew Cranky offers a snowflake contest, where participants use hand crank sewing machines to create u...
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Substance free event: Recovery Connections through Bowling
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - In an effort to create more substance free events in Marquette County, Superior Connections, a non profit whose mission is to cultivate a culture of long-term recovery has their Recovery Connections through Bowling event ...
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Hoops Wins for Gremlins, Kings Boys; Lakes, Hornets Girls - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In boys basketball last night... Houghton pounded West Iron County 80-47. Terrance Nolan had 32 points for the Gremlins, Alex Hebert added 15, and Mason Mayo 12. Seth Oberlin had 21 points for the Wykons. Calumet shaded Lake Linden-Hubbell 55-50....
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