HANCOCK — Portage Lake District Library Director Katrina Linde-Moriarty on Monday provided details and budget breakdowns on a contract proposal between Hancock School Board and PLDL for continued operations of Hancock School Public Library. Linde-Moriarty said the PLDL Board is proposing a ...

HOUGHTON — Houghton High School may join the many schools around the country with weighted grade-point averages to award more points for advanced classes. The Houghton-Portage Township Schools Board discussed instituting a weighted grade-point average at its meeting Monday. The district ...

HOUGHTON — Students tested their hypotheses on everything from the best killer of bacteria to the fastest model of paper plane during Saturday’s annual Western U.P. STEM Fair and Festival, held at Michigan Technological University. This year’s fair had 40 projects by 45 students from ...

CALUMET — About 200 people gathered outside the doors of Copper Island Academy’s new gymnasium on Thursday to witness a ribbon-cutting and to see what was inside. They were not disappointed with this 12,000 -square-foot edifice on the campus of Copper Island Academy, the area’s only ...

ESCANABA — Thirty-eight FIRST Robotics teams from across the Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula converged in Escanaba last weekend. After nine weeks of planning, drafting, building and programming, the teams came prepared to compete in this year’s game: Crescendo. The ...

BARAGA COUNTY – The collaborative efforts of L’Anse High School and Baraga High School students, enrolled in the Baraga County CTE Construction Technology program, resulted in the successful auction of a beautifully constructed sauna. Jolene and Cliff Van Den Elzen emerged as the winning ...