The incoming class at Michigan Tech is the most diverse in the history of the University, based on this fall’s preliminary enrollment figures. Female enrollment has topped 2,000 for the first time ever and now makes up a record 28.2 percent of the student body. Also at all-time highs are …
Read More »Michigan Tech Posts Record Research Expenditures
Michigan Tech’s research expenditures are at an all-time high. Those numbers were presented to the University’s Board of Trustees at its regular meeting on Friday. Preliminary figures for the last fiscal year show expenditures to be over $78 million, an increase over the previous year by more than $7 million. …
Read More »Wolf Dies Waiting To Be Transported To Isle Royale
HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN- This week, the National Park Service (NPS) began the translocation of wolves to Isle Royale National Park as part of a multi-year effort to increase the number of apex predators into the park’s ecosystem. On Tuesday, September 25, four wolves were successfully captured from different pack territories on …
Read More »Crew, Cubs to Decide NL Central Today – Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the blue links for more details. Finlandia Both Finlandia University soccer teams will host Northland College today. The women’s game will start at 4:00, and the men’s contest at 6:00. MTU The Michigan Tech soccer team earned a 1-0 victory in a non-conference match at Northern Michigan University yesterday. Jesse …
Read More »MTU, FinnU Football Fall – Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school football yesterday, Ontonagon defeated Carney-Nadeau 38-16. Finlandia The Finlandia University volleyball team edged Mount Mary University 3-2 (25-15, 27-29, 22-25, 25-10, 15-8) in Milwaukee yesterday afternoon. Kaisa Holmstrom had 16 kills and 16 digs, Shannon Anderson had 16 …
Read More »Copper Kings Clinch Playoff Berth – Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school football last night… – Calumet clinched a playoff berth and remained unbeaten with a 24-0 win over Iron Mountain. Travis Ojala ran for two touchdowns. The Copper Kings also scored on a fake field goal attempt with …
Read More »Revving Up For Ride Against Abuse
As October is known nationally as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a Keweenaw based shelter for victims of abuse is revving up to let people know. “We used to have candlelight visuals before and attendance was getting less and less so I thought ‘let’s make some noise,’ and so we have …
Read More »Isle Royale National Park and Partners Release two Wolves on the Island
HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN– After years of study, public engagement, and planning, the first wolves in a National Park Service (NPS) wolf translocation project to restore predation to the island ecosystem have been moved to Isle Royale National Park from the Grand Portage Indian Reservation. On Wednesday, September 26, late in the day, …
Read More »Local Leaders Ask Lansing For More Flood Assistance
Lansing, MI – Three months after a torrential rainstorm began, the devastation left behind remains a catastrophic problem in Houghton County. More than 150 road washouts, dozens of sinkholes and more than $60 million in damages to the roads and bridges in the county, cities, townships and villages. On Thursday, …
Read More »Road Projects To Get Underway Immediately As Labor Impasse Is Resolved
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder today announced that work will begin on Michigan’s road projects immediately now that the contractors’ association and operating engineers’ union agreed to continue working without a contract through the 2018 construction season. “This is great news, and I appreciate that both sides were able to …
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