Latest news, weather, high school sports for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Monday, April 22, 2013  Governor Rick Snyder kicked off a meeting of Michigan education and business leaders to help find ways for graduates to find jobs

Monday, February 11, 2013  Michigan showed increases in reading, mathematics and writing during the fall 2012 Michigan Education Assessment Program tests taken throughout the state

Monday, February 04, 2013  The Copper Country ISD has been awarded a state grant for over $60,000 for consolidation of services

Friday, October 26, 2012  Proposal 2 seeks to establish collective bargaining rights in the state's constitution

Friday, June 01, 2012  The House of Representatives in Michigan has completed work on a budget concerning public schools, community colleges and state universities

Thursday, January 26, 2012  Higher education was one of the topics State Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer talked about on Thursday

Friday, November 18, 2011  Attendance at the L'Anse Area Schools is notorious for dropping during the firearm deer season

Wednesday, October 05, 2011  School districts started releasing the official numbers on Wednesday, and there were increases and decreases over last year

Friday, August 26, 2011  Stephenson High School, along with the others on the list, have 90 days to submit a plan to turn their status around

Wednesday, August 17, 2011  Seven of the newly hired researchers will work in cross-disciplinary health areas that include basic science, technologies and medical informatics

Thursday, June 02, 2011  Governor Snyder recently introduced a plan to revamp Michigan's education system including toughening the standards for teachers and instituting performance-based pay

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  It looks like Michigan public universities will face a 15 percent cut in state aid

Monday, May 16, 2011  Dozens of people gathered at Veteran's Park in Houghton Saturday afternoon for the "Save Your School, Show Your Spirit" rally

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  After some discussion, the Iron Mountain School Board has decided not to combine the high school and middle school

Monday, May 09, 2011  Over the weekend, the school board voted to hire Deborah Veiht as Marquette's new superintendent of schools