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Improving access to healthcare

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HOUGHTON — Aspirus Health hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its expanded Houghton clinic on Thursday. Community leaders, healthcare professionals and local politicians took part in the celebration. Several speakers congratulated Aspirus Houghton on their new expansion, which includes a ...

Among the best

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HOUGHTON — U.S. News and World Report released its graduate school rankings on Tuesday. Michigan Technological University ranked number 89 among other prestigious graduate engineering programs across the United States, such as University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...

Taking flight

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HOUGHTON – Jeff Fowler, of Houghton, has been flying remote control (RC) airplanes nearly all his life. Anxious to share the hobby with community residents, he would like to introduce it local youth. Fowler, a native of Greenville, South Carolina, said he inherited his love of the hobby ...

On Tour

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PORT DOVER, ONT — Fred Eaglesmith’s spring tour will have some Outlaw attitude along with some Western latitude. Early this year in Texas they played at Willie Nelson’s Luck Festival, and Rolling Stone reported: “The Canada-born roots-rocker played to a full house under a tent on the ...

Dream Fair

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HOUGHTON — On Thursday, May 14, middle school girls from across the Western Upper Peninsula will gather at Michigan Technological University for the Junior Achievement Girls’ Dream Fair, a high-energy, hands-on STEM experience designed to build curiosity, confidence, and connection to real ...