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Rejecting stigma faced in recovery

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[This is the fifth part in a series that examines what stigma looks like and how it damages those who receive it.] While people believe they are justified in stigmatizing someone in recovery from an alcohol (or other substance) use disorder, their stigmatizing is based on false, negative ...

MTU holds ribbon-cutting for H-STEM building

Local News

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University celebrated its new H-STEM Complex with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the state-of-the-art facility Friday. The 63,000-square-foot building connects to the existing Chemical Sciences and Engineering Building. Along with workspace for 84 ...

HIRVONEN HALL HEIST

Local News

HANCOCK — Hancock police are looking to identify two people believed to have stolen from several businesses inside Hirvonen Hall Friday morning. The stolen items were enough to constitute a felony, police said in a Facebook post Friday afternoon. Surveillance footage near a stairwell ...

What were unskilled labor wages worth to immigrant workers?

Features

While tensions between labor and management continued to heat up in the first decade of the 20th century, eastern and southern Europeans, particularly the Finns, Italians and Croatians, were most often targeted as instigators. But, not every immigrant who came to the Lake Superior copper region ...

Houghton OKs rehab district

Local News

HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council voted Wednesday to establish a commercial rehabilitation district to redevelop a downtown building. Owner L&Z Rentals, which purchased 109 Shelden Ave. last year, plans to redevelop it into a mixed-use property with nine apartments. The site was ...

KATV Club seeks new members

Outdoors

The off-road vehicle riding season is here. For a majority of the riders, they have either taken their ATV or SXS to get serviced or did the work themselves. Some have ventured out for an early season ride, while others are waiting for warmer weather. For a few ORV enthusiasts, they have ...