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Michigan college enrollment rate slips

Editor's note: “This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.” LANSING — Michigan’s rate of sending high school graduates to college dropped in 2025, despite millions of dollars in ...

On display once again

HOUGHTON – The Houghton High School Alumni Association’s Military Alumni Appreciation ceremony on May 15, included a special ceremony. The ceremony was to rededicate the Houghton High School Military Honor Roll, which had disappeared nearly 40 years ago, about the time the old Houghton ...

Outstanding representation

ESCANABA & IRON MOUNTAIN, MI – Students from Bay College/LSSU Escanaba Regional Center Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter joined nearly 7,000 members from across the world at the 2026 BPA National Leadership Conference, held May 6–10 in Nashville, Tennessee. While in ...

The first ever

ANN ARBOR — Growing up, Mikala Sposito dreamed of being a trailblazer. “I always wanted to be the first female to do something,” she said. That dream is about to be realized. The 21-year-old from Dexter, Michigan, will be the first woman to represent the United States in welding at the ...

GCC holds commencement

IRONWOOS — On Friday, Gogebic Community College held its 92nd commencement ceremony at the Lindquist Student and Conference Center Gymnasium on the campus of Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. Approximately 220 degrees and certificates were awarded, including 43 Associate of Arts, 53 ...

A high honor

LAKE LINDEN — Micah Erickson, director of bands at Lake Linden-Hubbell, has been named a quarterfinalist, out of 2,100 music educators across 36 states, for the Music Educator Award™. The award was established to recognize current educators (kindergarten through college and public and ...