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A celebration of culture: MTU hosts African Night

HOUGHTON — African students at Michigan Technological University shared their cultures with the community through food, performances and historical presentations at Saturday’s African Night. The African Students Organization, which organizes the event each year, has a mission of ...

Options available to Hancock for library branches

HANCOCK — A February 22, 2024, report from the Michigan Library Association states that for eight years of the Snyder Administration and the sixth year of Gov. Whitmer’s administration, the FY25 State Aid to Libraries budget remains flat. There are also no increases for Library of Michigan ...

High rate of return

HANCOCK — As contract renewal talks between Hancock Public Schools and the Portage Lake District Library continue, the primary question from the standpoint of the School Board is can Hancock Public Schools financially afford to continue with partnership. In 1994, Michigan legislation ...

Murder case hearing delayed

HOUGHTON — A review hearing in the case of a Wisconsin man charged with fatally shooting his grandfather in his Hancock Township home has been postponed until May 3. Jacob Kempainen, 20, of Hartland, Wisconsin, had a hearing scheduled for Friday in 97th District Court. He is charged with ...

Turning Points in History

HOUGHTON — Local high school students spent weeks researching everything from Calumet’s Italian Hall to the history of penicillin. Wednesday, they got to demonstrate not just what they learned, but what conclusions they drew from it. The 21 students were competing in the regional History ...

‘Menace to the UP’ sentenced

MARQUETTE — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Gregory James Knuuttila, of Mohawk, Michigan, was sentenced for his role in distributing methamphetamine throughout Houghton and Keweenaw Counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Honorable ...