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Education

Just say no

WASHINGTON — Two separate coalitions of advocacy and labor groups each filed suit against the Trump administration Monday over its sweeping efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. The National Education Association, NAACP, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal ...

Honor Roll

Hancock Middle School First Semester Honor Roll Sixth Grade All A’s Jonathan Eikenberry Jacie Ek Boden Kilpela Savannah Kilpela Jada Klein Bryn Koskela Liana Koski Weston Pakkala All A’s & B’s Jackson Bublitz Liam Jeannotte Bentley Korpela Emmett Levanan ...

Embarking on a new chapter

Michigan Tech Students Receive Diplomas at Mid-Year Commencement More than 400 graduates stepped into their future Saturday, as they received diplomas at Michigan Technological University’s mid-year Commencement. The ceremony took place in a packed Varsity Gym at Michigan Tech’s Student ...

Hill gets effective evaluation from H-PT board

HOUGHTON — Houghton-Portage Township Schools Superintendent Anders Hill received an “overwhelmingly positive” evaluation from the district board at Monday’s monthly meeting.  The board gave Hill a rating of effective. The rating is the highest of three available under a revamped ...

L’Anse Area Schools Board approves baseball co-op, audit

L’ANSE — The L’Anse Area Schools Board of Education held its monthly meeting on Monday evening and approved a variety of motions. The board approved the motion for the baseball co-op between L’Anse Area Schools and Baraga Area Schools for the Spring of 2025. The board then went on to ...

Recess wish list realized

DOLLAR BAY — Traditionally, an elementary school student’s favorite sound is the recess bell. But when Carrie Meneguzzo’s fourth-grade students at T.R. Davis Elementary School would come back to class, they were “crabby and dejected,” she said. “They would say ‘It’s so ...