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Tech releases enrollment figures

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University has officially ushered in a new academic year and welcomed the undergraduate class of 2030. Tech officially unveiled its enrollment figures and university statistics for the 2026-2027 school year Friday. According to figures released by the ...

K-Day held in Chassell

CHASSELL — Upwards of 3,000 Michigan Tech students showed up at Chassell Centennial Park Friday afternoon to browse the many ways to get involved on campus. K-Day (short for Keweenaw Day) provided students with many options to choose from, including Greek Life, club sports, niche hobbies and ...

One attack, Many Americas

NEW YORK (AP) — When the planes crashed and the buildings fell on that sunny September morning 25 years ago, the shock waves of dismay and grief went far past downtown New York City, rural western Pennsylvania and just outside Washington, D.C. They radiated through every part of the United ...

9/11: Students perspective

HOUGHTON — 25 years ago today, a total of four U.S. airliners were hijacked in a large-scale act of terror. The largest incident was at the Word Trade Center in New York City where two planes struck the two largest buildings in New York and killed 2,753 people in the deadliest terrorist ...

Retiring old tires

HOUGHTON — Superior Watershed Partnership is giving residents in Houghton County's Adams, Portage and Chassell Townships the opporunity to recycle old automobile tires. On Saturday, residents of those three townships can bring up to 10 tires per household to 20251 B. F. Gundlach Rd next to ...

Cops and Coffee

HOUGHTON – Houghton County Sheriff Josh Saaranen will hold weekly meetings throughout the month of September. The informal meetings are scheduled for every Thursday in September at 2 p.m., and an additional meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 22. All meetings will take place at ...