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GetSetUp empowers state veterans with essential knowledge, resources

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announces customized veteran classes with GetSetUp to enhance the well-being and quality of life for Michigan veterans aged 50 and older. Beginning with the first class on Dec. 7, this innovative program will offer custom classes tailored to the unique needs and interests of veterans. These classes were designed in collaboration with the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency to provide support and enrichment for Michigan veterans. Additional classes will be held in 2024. “We are dedicated to enhancing the lives of ...

Trail restoration project celebrates completion

Supporters and partners joined the Michigan Department of Natural Resources today in Houghton County to celebrate the reopening of a roughly 8-mile segment of snowmobile and off-road vehicle trail devastated by a historic storm in 2018. In what is likely the Michigan DNR’s largest trail ...

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 increased demand for skilled technicians and engineering professionals in the semiconductor industry. “Michigan is not only among the first states in the nation with a consortium that has successfully identified the key skills and competencies employers need to drive future microchip industry ...

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 ...