Copper Shores Outreach & Education is hosting a free two-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) on Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29 at the MUB Alumni Lounge on Michigan Tech’s campus. This two day workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day, teaching people ...
HOUGHTON — The transformation of Houghton’s downtown and the community spirit that powered it helped it win a prestigious state award. Houghton received the Michigan Municipal League’s annual Community Excellence Award at the MML’s conference on Mackinac Island last week. ...
Monday, Sept. 16, was highlighted as the first 10 years of Michigan’s student safety program OK2SAY by Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and Director of the Michigan State Police Col. James Grady II. The program allows students, parents, school staff and educators to report acts and behaviors ...
HOUGHTON — Drivers heading across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge on a busy Saturday afternoon got an important message from about 100 people spanning the west sidewalk of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge: you are not alone. The message came through the eighth annual Suicide Prevention Walk in ...
LAKE LINDEN — The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a man with mental health issues firing a gun inside his house in Lake Linden Saturday morning, the department said in a release. The sheriff’s office responded shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday to reports of a gunshot from a residence near Front and Ninth streets, the department said Saturday afternoon. Upon investigating, deputies learned a 34-year-old Lake Linden man was having mental health issues and had fired the gun inside his home. The situation has been resolved and there is no further danger to the ...
HANCOCK — The wireless measurement systems produced by IR Telemetrics Inc. in Hancock are a Top 10 finalist for the 2024 Coolest Thing Made in Michigan People’s Choice Award. The Coolest Thing Made in Michigan is part of the Michigan Manufacturers Association’s Manufacturing Excellence ...
