HOUGHTON — At its regular meeting Friday, the Michigan Technological University Board of Trustees set room and board rates for the 2026-27 academic year. The motion to increase rates was made by Board Treasurer Carlos Rodriquez. “These rates have been carefully curated and reviewed by ...
LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday that her office will focus on childhood education and trying to put more money in Michanders’ pockets during her final year in office, proposals that will include lifelong literacy efforts, increased school funding and what she called the ...
HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council opened its regular meeting Wednesday with a moment of silence in tribute to the late Mayor Bob Backon who passed away Feb. 15 at the age of 83. A short while later, the council elected someone who considered Backon a mentor, as his successor. Prior to ...
HOUGHTON — A 34-year old Calumet man was sentenced to five years probation Wednesday after a 12th Circuit Court Judge granted a plea deal agreed upon in November. Raymond Reed-Vandam was charged in July with seven counts, including possession and distribution of child sexually abusive ...
HANCOCK – The Copper Country Intermediate School District (CCISD), together with Breakwater Federal Credit Union and Michigan Small Business Development Center, will co-host the first-ever Pike Tank Entrepreneurship Event, a hands-on learning experience designed to challenge students to ...
ESCANABA – An Escanaba woman entered into a guilty plea Wednesday after being accused of stabbing her roommate in August 2025. Crystalyn Dixie Knuth, who is lodged in the Delta County Jail, and her attorney, Jennifer J. France, appeared remotely on Wednesday in the Delta County 47th Circuit ...
