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Looking to the future

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University’s Fall Career Fair Tuesday at the SDC attracted 400 companies, 1100 recruiters and more than 4,000 Tech students hoping to take the next step in their academic and professional graduate careers. This year, Michigan Tech alumni who now work for ...

Blueprint for tomorrow

EAGLE RIVER — Keweenaw County property owners and residents will have their final opportunity to shape the peninsula's long-term growth policies this afternoon as a mandatory 63-day public review period comes to a close amid some public confusion. The Keweenaw County Planning Commission has scheduled a formal public hearing for 4 p.m. today at the courthouse in Eagle River. The session is designated to document public comment on the updated draft of the Keweenaw County Master Plan before the commission forwards its final recommendations to the County Board. The timing of the hearing ...

Supporting nutrition

HOUGHTON — The BHK Child Development Board has received a $98,000 grant to improve its Fresh Food and Nutritional Wellness programs. In part because of the grant BHK aims to overhaul all of its kitchens, provide whole fruits and vegetables, as well as support mothers breastfeeding their ...

Rising from the ashes

LAURIUM — The Village of Laurium has announced it will be holding the Grand Opening for the new Laurium Public Works Garage from 3-6 p.m. on Oct. 12 according to Village Manager Ian Lewis. The ribbon cutting will take place at 3 p.m. with free food, beverages, and desserts being served ...

Preserving history

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Eighty-one years ago, the Quincy Mining Company suspended its mining operations with the hope that the local shafts would one day return to productivity. With that future in mind, company officials stored its fleet of steam locomotives inside the engine house located near ...

Looking to cut the increase

MARQUETTE — State Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking state regulators to sharply reduce a proposed Upper Peninsula Power Co. electric rate increase, arguing the utility should receive no more than $9.9 million of the $17.3 million it wants. Nessel filed testimony with the Michigan ...