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Fight Continues Against White-Nose Syndrome

A fungus referred to as White-Nose syndrome continues to affect the state’s bat population. The disease affects hibernating bats causing them to wake up frequently disrupting their ability to store fat and their mental state. Bat expert and Eastern Michigan University biology professor, Alan Kurta says there are five species …

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“Ghostly” Image On Lake Superior Caught On Film

Theories range from the supernatural to the mundane about an image caught on the Great Lakes by a Michigan YouTuber. Jason Asselin was watching a rainbow while at Presque Isle Park in Marquette when another sight caught his eye. He took a video of what looks like a tall ship …

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Conference Focuses On Suicide Prevention

For the video for this story by ABC-10’s Chelsea Birdsall, click here. Suicide is now the 10th leading cause of death in the county. Nearly 100 people turned out for the first annual Suicide Prevention Conference in Marquette Monday. The event was hosted by Dial Help with collaborative effort from …

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Local Student Awarded Annexstad Family Foundation Scholarship

A Michigan Technological University Student from Dollar Bay is among four Tech undergraduates who have received scholarships from the Annexstad Family Foundation. Xena Cortez is a third-year scientific and technical communications major, who graduated from Dollar Bay – Tamarack City High School in 2014. Cortez says the scholarship has opened …

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The Truth About Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in American women. About one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their life. While there’s plenty of information about the disease, there’s also plenty of misinformation. Health Reporter Dr. Deanna Lites separates fact from fiction.

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Dig Continues To Unearth 14,000 Year Old Mastodon Bones

When a teacher from the Fowler Center day camp in Mayville, in Michigan’s thumb, went on a nature walk with students two years ago looking for clams and crawdads, they found something prehistoric. It was the bone of a Mastodon, an extinct relative of the elephant that once roamed Michigan, about …

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