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Education

Angel Mission offers needy families backpacks, supplies

CCAM release The Copper Country Angel Mission in Calumet offers families in need new backpacks and school supplies for their children. The new school year is right around the corner. Having the proper school supplies is very important for a successful school year. Students who have the ...

Houghton grad receives work ethic scholarship

Press release Connor Kamm, a 2024 graduate of Houghton High School and a freshman at Northern Michigan University this fall, studying Welding Technology & HVACR is a winner of the 2024 Mike Rowe Work Ethic Program Scholarship. The scholarship is one created by the TV series host of ...

MDOC to offer free tuition to corrections officers

Thanks to a new grant from the Michigan Department of Corrections, employees seeking college credits have the opportunity to attend one of Michigan’s 31community colleges for free. This includes Gogebic Community College and Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College. Current state law ...

Registration open for free kids health and wellbeing event

Press release HANCOCK — UP Health System – Portage, in collaboration with Copper Shores Community Health Foundation, is hosting its first youth health and wellbeing event, HeadsUP, on Tuesday, July 23, at Quincy Green on Quincy Street in Hancock. Copper Shores Community Health Educator ...

State funding expands NMU cold case seminar

Press release Northern Michigan University’s Criminal Justice Department will double the number of students working directly with the Michigan State Police to analyze U.P. homicide or missing persons cold cases in the hope of generating new leads. The recently approved state budget includes ...

Husky Eats partners with TRIO Upward Bound for program

Press release HOUGHTON — Twenty-three local high school students will participate in a culinary cook-off today as part of TRIO Upward Bound’s Summer Program, an educational camp offered at Michigan Tech. Sponsored by Husky Eats, a part of Chartwells Higher Education, participating students ...