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Great Lakes Water Conference Being Held Today

Researchers from the University of Toledo, who are on the front lines of the effort to fight algae bloom toxins and pollution in the Great Lakes, is hosting the 16th annual Great Lakes Water Conference. It begins this morning from the University’s College of Law. Ken Kilbert is a UT …

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Jobs Report Coming Out Today

The Labor Department releases the latest unemployment figures at 8:30 this morning. Business Editor Murray Feldman tells us what sectors will likely have the Help Wanted sign out.   How might the upcoming presidential election factor into today’s unemployment report?    

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New Trooper Class Graduating

58 recruits are set to join the ranks of the Michigan State Police. The 130th Trooper Recruit School Graduation is set for Friday afternoon in Lansing. The keynote speaker is Governor Rick Snyder. Upon graduation the new troopers will be assigned to MSP posts across the state.

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41 North Film Festival Begins Today

Award-winning films and film makers will take the stage at the 41 North Film Festival on the campus of Michigan Technological University, Thursday through Sunday (Nov. 3-6).  Formerly known as the Northern Lights Film Festival, the 41 North Film Festival showcases award-winning independent films from throughout the region, country and …

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Concert Celebrates Women Composers Working Today

HOUGHTON, MI, August 24, 2016 – Did you know that Michigan Tech recently celebrated the fact that 29% of students are now women, the highest percentage in the history of the university? That we have a resident woman composer, Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) Meyer currently working, writing and teaching music, in …

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Proposals Sought To Fight Food Insecurity

The numbers are staggering: Over half of the people receiving food from the local food bank are from working families; about 18 percent of them are elderly; 60 percent of the children in the region qualify for free or reduced meals; and 35 percent of local kids are either overweight …

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Family Protests Over Leah Harding Search Effort

The search continues for Leah Harding…or does it? The South Range woman was 31-years old when she went missing in April of 2015. Friends and family of Leah gathered outside the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday to bring attention to what they feel is a lack of interest in finding …

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