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 ...

HOUGHTON — Local high school students spent weeks researching everything from Calumet’s Italian Hall to the history of penicillin. Wednesday, they got to demonstrate not just what they learned, but what conclusions they drew from it. The 21 students were competing in the regional History ...

CALUMET — A Calumet student is heading to Lansing next week to compete in a state poetry competition. Liisa Ylitalo, an 11th-grade student at Calumet High School, will join 19 other high-school students from across Michigan at the Poetry Out Loud finals on March 9. The Michigan ...

The Houghton High School seniors are holding a can drive from 4 p.m. Friday until 4 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds support the HHS Senior Lock-In Party after May graduation. A clearly marked trailer will be parked outside of Tadych’s Marketplace all weekend to deposit your cans in. For more ...

HANCOCK — The Copper Country Intermediate School District Career and Technical Education Construction Technology Program is proud to announce an exclusive opportunity to bid on a student-designed and built sauna. This unique project showcases the skills of students from Baraga and L’Anse ...

HANCOCK— Hancock School Public Library and the Portage Lake District Library have implemented membership fees for residents outside Hancock School District. PLDL Library Director Katrina Linde-Moriarty said the membership fees became effective this past Saturday. Library cards are free ...