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Education

In Brief

HANCOCK – The Hancock School Board conducted it annual election of officers at its regular monthly meeting Monday evening, with each officer being re-elected to the seats they held for the 2024-2025 school year. Michael Lancour was re-elected to serve as president. Charlie Klein is again ...

Jeffers advances in HS Bowl

MARQUETTE – Painesdale-Jeffers took on Norway in High School Bowl recently and won by a score of 190-110. Thirty-six schools from the Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin compete in WNMU-TV's High School Bowl tournament, now celebrating 47 years on the air. Jeffers advances to the second ...

NMU & GCC finalize agreement

MARQUETTE/IRON WOOD — Gogebic Community College (GCC) and Northern Michigan University (NMU) have finalized new articulation agreements in Environmental Science/Natural Resources and Criminal Justice, expanding affordable and accessible bachelor’s degree pathways for students in the western ...

Tools for homeowners and more

HANCOCK — The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR) is excited to announce the release of a new website and StoryMap that offer educational materials and other resources relating to coastal hazards in the western Upper Peninsula. These websites serve to inform the ...

How to save a life

HANCOCK — Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy Minds are hosting free QPR and Narcan training, at 11 a.m. Jan. 22 and 6 p.m. Jan, 29. Both trainings take place at the Copper Shores office on 821 Water Street in Hancock. QPR Training takes about an hour to ...

Celebrating Science Standards

LANSING — In November 2015 the State Board of Education adopted the Michigan K-12 Science Standards. These standards, aligned to research put forth in A Framework for K-12 Science Education, set out to change science teaching, learning, and assessment across the state. Michigan's ...