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Education

How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department

WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department. The justices on Monday paused a lower court order that had halted nearly 1,400 layoffs and had ...

NMU honors alumni

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University Alumni Relations has announced three recipients of the 2025 Alumni Awards, all of whom reside in Michigan: Dr. Peter LaPine (’76 MA) of East Lansing, Distinguished Alumni; Barbara Coleman (’77 BS, ’81 MS) of Marquette, Alumni Achievement; and Ian ...

Bulldogs in Paris

HANCOCK - Earlier this summer, for the second time in four years, a group of Hancock High School students, parents and alumni got a chance to visit Paris France. Organized by Hancock French and English teacher Jenn Smith, the trip took place late last month. While Smith has been to France ...

Scaling back Juneteenth

LANSING — Amid the first actions of his second term, President Donald Trump took aim at campuses across the nation, signing executive orders banning diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and federal funding of programs. The order put some universities on their heels, with Michigan State ...

A job well done

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University announced the Dean's List for the Winter 2025 semester. The following students from the area qualified with a grade point average of 4.00: Atlantic Mine — Lily Kangas Baraga — Reide Osterman, Louis Raiger, Javon Shelifoe Calumet — Thomas ...

Diggin’ in

KEWEENAW COUNTY – A student team from the Michigan Technological University’s Social Science Department successfully completed another summer archaeology field school at the Delaware Mine site, said Tim Scarlett, associate professor of archaeology and anthropology. Scarlett said Bob and ...