As part of efforts to reduce overdose deaths and decrease disparities, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is providing $2.5 million to the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to expand access to recovery housing for people across Michigan struggling with opioid use ...

HOUGHTON — Several local emergency responder groups participated in a disaster preparedness training Tuesday on Michigan Tech’s campus. The goal of the training was, “to evaluate our readiness to respond to situations,” said Chief Brian Cadwell of the university’s police ...

Climate change? No matter what your stand is, the world is growing in population and industrialization. North America is experiencing raging wild fires, triple digit temperatures, epic droughts, rising coastal waters, severe storms – including hurricanes, tornados, and thunderstorms, ...

MARQUETTE — The former Michigan Technological University student who spraypainted anti-Semitic symbols on Temple Jacob in Hancock as part of a coordinated campaign by a white supremacist group was sentenced to 26 months in prison in U.S. District Court in Marquette Tuesday. Nathan Weeden, ...

When Paul von Goertz first heard that a boat built by the historic Kivela Boatworks Company was being used as a lawn ornament, he knew he had to do something. The “STAR” was built by Jacob Kivela in 1934, for fisherman Sivert Andewson. It was built with the intention of being used to ...

L’ANSE — An Illinois man was sentenced to 57 months to 15 years in prison in Baraga County Circuit Court Monday for drunk driving in a fatal crash at the Holiday station in L’Anse. Dawaun Johnson, 24, of University Park, Illinois, was working for the CR England company on the night of ...