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The Rites of Spring

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HOUGHTON — Spring commencement ceremonies this weekend at Michigan Technological University saw more than 440 graduate and over 840 undergraduate students walk the stage of the John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena, in the Student Development Complex.  The graduate ceremony, with students ...

Body of missing NMU student found

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MARQUETTE — The body of a 21 year-old Northern Michigan University student, missing since February and feared drowned, was discovered in the waters of Lake Superior Friday. According to a press release from Marquette City Police, at around 3:30 Friday afternoon, the body of Trenton Massey was ...

Toddler dies in Munising Fire

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MUNISING — Media reports from the central U.P. indicate a child has died as the result of a residential fire in the city of Munising. Several media outlets reported Friday that Alger County Emergency Management said, the victim found at the scene of the house fire was a three year old ...

Exchanging ideas

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LAURIUM – The village recently learned it has been awarded a space in a competitive community exchange program offered by the Michigan Municipal League (MML). The U.P. Community Exchange Program pairs U.P. communities to share resources and ideas. The program, along with others like the ...

Quite an honor

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WASHINGTON DC — Highland Copper Company has been acknowledged as a contributor to U.S. copper mining expansion by the Trump Administration, Highland said in a recent statement. A fact sheet published by the White House on April 2 states, in part: “Companies such as Highland Copper, Ivanhoe ...

Fatal crash in Iron County

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IRON COUNTY — A 45-year-old woman, from the Dickinson County community of Vulcan, died early Thursday in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 141 near Offerman Road in Iron County’s Hematite Township. Also injured was a 22-year-old female passenger, also from Vulcan, in the 2020 Chevrolet Colorado ...