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Food uncertainty

HOUGHTON — The Houghton - Portage Township school board is concerned with the ending of funds going into students meal programs, Michigan School Meals, due to the possibility of a state government shutdown and the lack of a budget. School officials say breakfast and lunch will continue to ...

Fatal motorcycle crash in Keweenaw County

GRANT TOWNSHIP – A man from Kentucky is dead as the result of a motorcycle accident in Keweenaw County. According to a press release from the Keweenaw County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Grant Township just before noon Monday. According to the release, at approximately 11:59 a.m. on Monday, deputies were dispatched to U.S. 41. near the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge outside of Copper Harbor. A 68-year-old male from White Plains, Kentucky, was traveling northbound on US-41 when he failed to negotiate a curve and collided with a guardrail, the ...

Motorcycle fatality

GRANT TOWNSHIP – A man from Kentucky is dead as the result of a motorcycle accident in Keweenaw County. According to a press release from the Keweenaw County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Grant Township just before noon Monday. According to the release, at approximately 11:59 a.m. on Monday, deputies were dispatched to U.S. 41. near the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge outside of Copper Harbor. A 68-year-old male from White Plains, Kentucky, was traveling northbound on US-41 when he failed to negotiate a curve and collided with a guardrail, the ...

College Athlete of the Week

Michigan Tech setter Madelynn Kreider saw significant action in the final three matches the Huskies played in the Up North Tournament over the weekend. The freshman from Kingsford had 18 assists, three digs, and one kill against No. 17 Barry, followed by 21 assists, seven digs and one kill ...

Living history

CALUMET – Calumet Village continued its 150th anniversary Friday evening with Chassell Museum’s Friends of Fashion presentation of Corsets to Crinolines, a history of the Calumet Theatre. The presentation was a historical review of the theatre from the perspective of fashions worn on and ...

Faith and Family: Kathleen Carlton Johnson

This month, we celebrate the sainthood of Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997). She is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church, yes, this is true, but there is something in this person's life that transcends denomination and speaks the truth of Christianity. She was short and plain in her person; however, it was the spirit alive in this little nondescript body that drove her to become a saint. What is a saint? It is those people who have given their life, breath, and will to Jesus to do His will. To turn love into action for Him in this ordinary life, to sacrifice wants and desires ...