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MTU awarded $838,000 grant for semiconductor education, training programs

HOUGHTON, Mich. — The Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) announced today an $838,000 grant to Michigan Technological University (MTU) that will support a major expansion of semiconductor education and training programs across the Upper Peninsula while responding to Michigan’s ...

Michigan adds 61 state troopers

Press release LANSING — Michigan communities will soon benefit from the addition of 61 state troopers who graduated this afternoon from the 144th Trooper Recruit School. During the ceremony in East Lansing, in which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was the keynote speaker, Col. James F. Grady II, ...

$1 million scholarship fund established for L’Anse graduates

Dr. Franklin St. John, a native of L’Anse, has established a $1 million charitable trust that will fund college scholarships for L’Anse graduates, at the latter of his, and his wife’s deaths. According to Dr. St. John, he grew up poor and worked hard to overcome his difficult start. He ...

Copper Shores to host event

The giving season is off to a great start with #GiveCopperCountry in full force, and this year’s event will feature a public event. On Tuesday, November 28, Copper Shores Community Health Foundation will be hosting a #GivingTuesday special event from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Copper Country ...

State police encourage winter preparedness

LANSING, MICH. — With winter weather rapidly approaching, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared Nov. 5-11 is Winter Hazards Awareness Week, and the Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division is encouraging Michiganders to make winter emergency preparedness a ...

UP Military Museum holding special hours to honor Veterans Day

ESCANABA — In order to honor veterans and afford them an opportunity to visit, the UP Military Museum will be open on Veterans Day, Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is located in the Delta County Commerce Center in Escanaba. Focusing on over two centuries of contributions and ...