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Special Events group is in charge of the events that occur during winter carnival. Some events include: snow volleyball, beards competition, broomball, cross-country skiing, curling, downhill skiing, human dogsled race, ice bowling, ice fishing, ice skating, snowboarding, tug-o-war, and the Yooper sprint. This group is responsible for all ...
Houghton's first national champion was Kaitlin Fadden who won the 2008 NAIA Outdoor Track and Field marathon event in a time of 2:57:10. It was the first NAIA national championship, either for a team or individual, for Houghton College. May 2012 graduate Danielle Brenon was the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field national champion in the marathon. [17]
The event is marked by a football game and a cardboard boat race. [70] Parade of Nations and multicultural festival began in 1990 [71] as a way to acknowledge and celebrate the cultures and countries of Keweenaw residents and visitors, many of whom were Michigan Tech international students. The event occurs in September.
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The Houghton Warehouse Company, operated by James R. Dee, built and owned the Amphidrome. [3] Construction of the Amphidrome finished in December 1902. [4] The first hockey game was played on December 29, 1902, in which the Portage Lakes Hockey Club defeated the University of Toronto, 13–2. [3] The game was attended by over 5,000 spectators. [4]
Houghton was the birthplace of professional ice hockey in the United States when the Portage Lakers were formed in 1903. Houghton is the home of the Portage Lake Pioneers Senior Hockey Team. The team's home ice is Dee Stadium, named after James R. Dee. Dee Stadium was originally called the Amphidrome, before it was severely damaged in a 1927 fire.
WGGL-FM (91.1 FM) is an NPR member station in Houghton, Michigan.It first began broadcasting in 1968 and has been owned and operated by Minnesota Public Radio since 1982. It carries a mix of classical music and NPR news-talk programming, running a schedule similar to what MPR ran before its 1991 split into a two-channel network.