HOUGHTON — The Biskaabiiyaang Collective at Michigan Tech hosted a drum social out on the Walker lawn Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. Two Drum Circles — Summer Cloud and Four Thunders, from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, were invited to share their cultures through drums and ...

MARQUETTE – Andrew Shirtz, ex-Northern Michigan University adjunct computer science professor, is going to trial on a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery charge. The trial is scheduled for Nov. 18, at the Marquette County 96th District Court with Judge Karl Weber presiding. Shirtz is ...

LANSING — A hard-fought deal to fund road repairs in perpetuity was inked Monday morning, cementing a legacy item for Michigan’s governor who campaigned tirelessly on “fixing the damn roads.” But two of the primary tax revenue sources in the plan face distinct political and legal ...

A case of whether seven chimpanzees, currently all at the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Menominee County community of Wallace, should be granted habeas corpus rights was heard by the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday. In the hearing, judges and lawyers debated the threshold — if not biological ...

CALUMET – The new Green Space Park was a busy place Sunday, where more than 30 vendors were set up for the inaugural Harvest Moon Night Market. The event took place from 4-9 p.m. Rather than a harvest moon, vendors and attendees were greeted by 50-degree weather, thick clouds and a brisk ...

BARAGA COUNTY — A two-vehicle accident caused the closure of US 41 for several hours Monday morning. According to a press release from the Baraga County Sheriff's Office, the mishap happened shortly after 7 a.m. Monday on US 41 near the intersection of Knapp Camp Road, north of Alberta. The ...