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Ride, Walk, or Float in the Parade of Nations

Community groups, fraternal organizations, religious organizations, student organizations, etc. are invited to create a float or organize a walking group for the Parade of Nations! Awards will be given to the top three floats that best represent this year’s theme ($300 for 1st place, $200 ...

Houghton Planning Commission approves sites plans

HOUGHTON — The Houghton Planning Commission approved site plans for a new apartment complex on Pearl Street Tuesday, as well as for a new cold storage building. The commission had approved the site plan for a previous incarnation of the apartments at 100 Pearl St. in October 2021. The ...

Move-in day at Michigan Tech

Friday marked the first of two move-in days at Michigan Technological University, followed by an orientation week for new students.

MTU receives EPA funding for energy transition study

WASHINGTON — Michigan Technological University is one of 11 institutions around the country receiving a combined $11 million in Environmental Protection Agency grants to research the environmental impacts of energy transitions in underserved and Tribal communities, and what drives people to ...

Debbie Stabenow stops in Copper Country

HOUGHTON — U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow visited several Copper Country sites Monday as part of an Upper Peninsula tour. Stabenow, D-Lansing, toured Calumet Electronics and Michigan Technological University’s Keweenaw Research Center Monday before meeting with local community leaders at the ...

Mining for clues of those who mined for copper

By GRAHAM JAEHNIG gjaehnig@mininggazette.com KEWEENAW COUNTY — In June, the Michigan Technological University’s Social Science Department began an archeology field school at a site near the current Delaware Mine that was believed to have been mined out at some point before the first ...