HOUGHTON — Houghton-Portage Township Schools Superintendent Anders Hill received an “overwhelmingly positive” evaluation from the district board at Monday’s monthly meeting.  The board gave Hill a rating of effective. The rating is the highest of three available under a revamped ...

L’ANSE — The L’Anse Area Schools Board of Education held its monthly meeting on Monday evening and approved a variety of motions. The board approved the motion for the baseball co-op between L’Anse Area Schools and Baraga Area Schools for the Spring of 2025. The board then went on to ...

DOLLAR BAY — Traditionally, an elementary school student’s favorite sound is the recess bell. But when Carrie Meneguzzo’s fourth-grade students at T.R. Davis Elementary School would come back to class, they were “crabby and dejected,” she said. “They would say ‘It’s so ...

Gogebic Community College will have staff participating in the 2024-25 Michigan Community College Association Leadership Academy, as Karen Ball, Interim Dean of Occupational Programs/Registrar joins 37 other community college professionals from across the state to embark on a nine-month ...

HOUGHTON — The Houghton-Portage Township Schools board added a new member Monday. Julie Cischke was appointed to the board, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Vice President Scott Leonard. “I was made aware of the need, and I am passionate about supporting our community ...

HANCOCK — Dan Vaara has been principal at Barkell Elementary School since 2015. Vaara, a Hancock native, began his education career as a fifth-grade teacher in the Colon, Michigan, School District for seven years before serving as principal in Gaylord for another seven years, then was ...