HOUGHTON — the new Data Science Department within Michigan Tech Technological University's College of Computing was approved at last week's Board of Trustees meeting. According to the Dave House Dean of Computing, Dennis Livesay, the new department is slated to officially launch on July 1. ...

NEWBERRY — Two men from from lower Michigan were arrested following an attempted drug smuggling incident at the Newberry Correctional Facility. According to a press release from the Michigan State Police (MSP), on Saturday, troopers from the Sault Ste. Marie Post were notified by Newberry ...

HOUGHTON — In the lower level of the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts on the Michigan Technological University campus, the Rozsa Art Galleries is currently home to a feminist art exhibit. "Women's Rights are Human Rights," is currently on display through March, 28. Curator of the Rozsa ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — Details are now being released regarding a weekend fatal snowmobile crash that occurred in the eastern Upper Peninsula. According to a Michigan State Police (MSP) press release, the accident occurred in Chippewa County's Whitefish Township. At about 3:20 Saturday ...

LAURIUM – Officials in the Village of Laurium announced the allocation of $400,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the Michigan Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). Currently, the Village is in the final stages of being awarded the allocated funding. The Village ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped 11 cents overnight in the U.S., and some drivers in Europe waited in line to fill their tanks with fuel, as war engulfed the Middle East and shipments of oil and gas were stranded in the Persian Gulf. A gallon of regular was ...