Michigan Tech has entered into a community health partnership with the Portage Health Foundation. The partnership combines both organizations’ missions, existing strengths and financial resources to create a collaboration focused on improving the health of the community. Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz announced the partnership at the University’s Board of …

A big event for an organization reaching out to local teens is taking place this weekend. Neon Night is a family fun run and walk at the L’Abse Schools Trails being held Friday evening. It’s sponsored by Baraga County Communities That Care. Outreach Workgroup Chair Pam Dove says this is …

A third deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Michigan. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says the free-ranging deer was found in Ingham County, within one mile of two other deer that tested positive for CWD. Chad Stewart, a deer management specialist with the DNR, …

An anti-smoking group is resuming a push to increase taxes on tobacco in Michigan, including a cigarette tax increase of up to a dollar-fifty-per pack. That would bring the per-pack tax in Michigan to $3.50. The American Cancer Society also wants lawmakers to significantly increase taxes on other tobacco products, …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is keeping an eye on nonresident fishing license sales following a fee restructuring. DNR spokesman, Ed Golder, says they noticed a decline in nonresident customers last year after the cost of an out-of-state all-species license increased to $76, up from $42 in 2013. …

Those in the solar industry and one of the state’s largest utilities disagree on the impact of Senate legislation to overhaul the state’s energy policy. Amy Heart of The Alliance for Solar Choice says the proposed restructuring would effectively kill Michigan’s net metering program, under which solar panel users give …

Circuit courts in Michigan could start teen court programs under a bill introduced in the Michigan House. Holland has the longest running teen court in Michigan, which began in 1991. Kim Meyer is youth services specialist there and says the keys to a successful program are training the teen jurors …

Michigan Tech’s Alumni Reunion gets underway today. This year Tech will be recognizing the Golden M’s, alumni with 50 years or more. Events include informal lectures from current faculty, cruises on the Keweenaw Waterway aboard the Ranger III as well as excursions aboard Michigan Tech’s research vessel Agassiz. The highlight …

Michigan Tech is being recognized by a national publication. Princeton Review’s 2016 issue of The Best 380 Colleges ranks Michigan Tech among the best Midwestern colleges and green colleges nationwide. The new listings were released on Tuesday. The Princeton Review rankings focus on undergraduate education and are based on surveys …

The Keweenaw Science and Engineering Festival is a four day event that brings learning and fun together for the whole family. During Nerd Night, teenagers gathered at the Continental Fire Company in Houghton for hands-on activities hosted by Michigan Tech’s Physics Department. MTU Laboratory Systems Associate Scott Rutterbush says that …