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Trace Adkins tour coming to Island Resort & Casino in April

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HARRIS — Multi-platinum country icon Trace Adkins will perform Friday and Saturday, April 24-25, at the Island Resort & Casino as part of his highly anticipated 30th Anniversary Tour. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Eastern time Thursday. For three decades, Adkins has been one of country ...

NMU to again provide Mini Pitch competition

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MARQUETTE — Innovate Marquette, SISU: The Innovation Institute at Northern Michigan University and the NMU College of Business have announced the second Mini Pitch Competition for high school and college students in the Upper Peninsula. The Mini Pitch was created for students to get the ...

More than 300 graduate from Michigan Tech

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HOUGHTON – The campus of Michigan Technological University was covered in snow, but more than 300 undergraduate students blazed a trail Saturday and for some it was multiple years in the making. The university had its Midyear Commencement on Saturday, and the varsity gym in Tech’s Student ...

Bethany Lutheran, with Swedish roots, has endured since 1879

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(Note: This is part of a regular series of profiles on historical buildings and sites in the region. The first round is focusing on churches.) ESCANABA – What started as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Escanaba, with 35 Swedish members, has developed into Bethany Lutheran ...

Creating some holiday spirit at Island’s cooking show

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HARRIS — The third-annual Taste of the Island Holiday Cooking Show, which took place Thursday at the Island Resort & Casino's convention center, went smoothly and successfully, organizers said. It featured two recipes chosen from public submissions, in addition to one Island ...

Three adults injured, two critically, in Iron Mountain house fire

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Three people were injured — two critically — in a fire Sunday morning at 411 Fourth St. in Iron Mountain. A structure fire with possible entrapment was reported at 7:38 a.m., with two occupants able to get out of the structure before the Iron Mountain Fire Department ...