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MTU has ribbon cutting for new East Hall

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University had a ceremonial opening of East Hall with a ribbon cutting Friday. The new hall allows 500 upper class students a place to live. The building features collaborative study rooms, fitness spaces, a game room, lounge areas and kitchenettes. The ...

Harvest time

L’ANSE — The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Natural Resources Department and the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College had the annual Manoomin (wild rice) Camp on Saturday to introduce traditional and modern process of ricing and educate participants of the crop’s cultural ...

Queen City Trick or Trot set for Oct. 25

MARQUETTE — Looking for some spooky Halloween fun? Look no further. The 10th-annual Queen City Trick or Trot 5K/10K and Kids Monster Mile will be Saturday, Oct. 25. The Trick or Trot 10K also serves as the Upper Peninsula 10K Championship and participation will add 10 bonus points to ...

Local author Hyde to speak at Bay College

ESCANABA – J.L. Hyde, local fiction author, will speak from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, in room 952 of the Joseph Heirman University Center at Bay de Noc Community College, 2001 N. Lincoln Road. Hyde is a graduate of Gladstone High School and Central Michigan University and recently ...

Infant safe sleep program to include cribette package drawing

ESCANABA — The Newborns Program of Menominee Delta Schoolcraft Community Action Agency will host a free Lunch & Learn on safe sleep practices for infants from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at Escanaba Head Start Center, 1905 S. 21st St. RSVP deadline for the Escanaba event is ...

First Peoples

HOUGHTON — The Biskaabiiyaang Collective at Michigan Technological University hosted a drum social on the Walker lawn on campus Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. Two drum circles — Summer Cloud and Four Thunders, from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community — were invited to share ...