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Education

U-M halts DEI plans as Trump administration takes aim at diversity efforts

“This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.” ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan was the site of a program in the 1990s that became a model for the PhD Project, a national effort to ...

Jeffers Competes in High School Bowl

MARQUETTE – Jeffers took on Munising in High School Bowl recently and wa defeated by a score of 220-250. Thirty-six schools from the Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin field teams for WNMU-TV's High School Bowl tournament, now celebrating 47 years on the air. Running from November through ...

It’s Reading Month

HOUGHTON — In a proclamation on Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared March as Reading Month and the Portage Lake District Library (PLDL) in Houghton is doing its part in helping out kids’ literary abilities in the Keweenaw. The proclamation celebrated the birthday of American ...

2025-26 Semester 1 Honor Rolls

Calumet High School 2025-2026 Semester 1 Honor Roll All A’s Seniors Darin E. Berg, Chaice C. Binder, Claire A. Goss, Rogan D. Gronlund, Claire E. Harmala, Julia E. Heflin, Keira B. Johnson, Maretta L. Kangas, Maija L. Keranen, Eric J. Kesti, Nathan D. Londo, Drake W. Niemela, Amiina K. ...

NMU announces local grads

Northern Michigan University announced students from the Keweenaw that satisfied degree requirements in December. Certificate Hancock — Daityn Bostwick, Applied Workplace Leadership Associate Degree Baraga — Darcey Barrett, General Studies Hancock — Larkyn Ripley, Criminal ...

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s Northern Shores Storywork Writing Project has announced 46 regional award winners, from among 130 Upper Peninsula submissions, of the 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Presented by the nonprofit organization the Alliance for Young Artists ...