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A Great Horned Owl is recovering after apparently being shot in Lake Linden. The raptor is being cared for by U.P. Wildlife Rehabilitation—Keweenaw Group, who says the wound was discovered after swelling in the animal had gone down.  Radiographs confirmed that the owl has a pellet shot still in its …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school volleyball last night… – Calumet blanked Houghton 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-20). – Hancock edged Gwinn 3-2. – Chassell v West Iron County – not reported. – Baraga v Watersmeet – not reported. – Ontonagon v Bessemer – …

Rain and colder temperatures may have deterred a few from attending, but many still turned out yesterday to help spread awareness about domestic violence. Nearly two dozen motorcycles made their way from Calumet to Houghton for the annual Ride Against Abuse.  Slick pavement had many concerned yesterday in Calumet, but …

HOUGHTON, MICH – The two wolves brought to Isle Royale National Park on September 26 have been seen on wildlife cameras and tracked via a GPS monitoring collar, moving around the island and feeding on provisioned moose left for them. The joint capture effort between the Grand Portage Band of …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is continuing their effort to inventory and classify ORV trails throughout the state.  Mapping the state forest roads is meant to encourage more people to enjoy Michigan’s public lands through enhanced off-road vehicle opportunities. The northern Lower Peninsula inventory and classification are complete, currently …

Federal officials will conduct the first-ever nationwide test of the government’s emergency alert system for cell phones Wednesday. At, or around, 2:18, all cell phones will receive a message that says “”THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” All cell phones that …

Click on the blue links for more details. High School In high school volleyball tonight… – Calumet plays at Houghton. – Hancock travels to Gwinn. – Chassell welcomes West Iron County. – Baraga hosts Watersmeet. – Ontonagon visits Bessemer. – Jeffers entertains Ewen-Trout Creek. In cross country, several local teams …

With 368 recruiting organizations registered for the 2018 Fall Career Fair, Wednesday’s fair will be Michigan Tech’s second largest career fair to date. “We welcome back our returning corporate guests and are excited about new recruiting organizations that will quickly become old friends,” says Career Services Director Steve Patchin. “These …

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 …

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. …