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A Michigan Tech team has returned home after a recent trip to the nation’s capitol. The team of chemical engineering students are working on a process that recycles batteries and have gained some recognition for their efforts. People, Prosperity, and the Planet (otherwise known as P3) is a grant program …

Washington – Citing national security implications, steel production, and economic impact, Congressman Jack Bergman urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to use new funding to complete design work and begin construction on a new Poe-sized Lock. “An unexpected outage at the Poe Lock would be disastrous to the U.S. and …

ABC-10 reports months after the nurses at UP Health System—Marquette went on strike, the nurses will again be voting to authorize a strike this weekend. “We are deeply disappointed that Duke LifePoint managers have failed to address our staffing and other outstanding concerns in contract negotiations. Members will vote on …

Michigan Tech has come to an agreement on a five-year contract with their newly elected president. Beginning July 1st, Dr. Richard Koubek’s salary will be $450,000 a year and he will also be named a tenured professor. An at risk portion of his compensation is set up to $25,000, with …

Click on the blue links for more details. MLB The Detroit Tigers broke their five-game losing streak last night with a 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. With temperatures in the mid-30s, Francisco Liriano gave up two runs over five innings, and struck out seven. Victor Martinez had three hits, …

A local teenager is paying it forward and showing her appreciation for an Upper Peninsula charity as she has enlisted the help of area businesses and raised several thousand dollars. The Beacon House is a non profit hospitality house that gives medical patients and their families a place to stay …

Although the tip of the Keweenaw is still under a thick blanket of snow, the Copper Harbor Trails Club is anxiously waiting to open up the 2018 mountain biking season. “The trails are not open yet. We’ve had a lot of snow. It’s been a pretty cold spring so we …

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and the Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) are notifying residents near the Straits of Mackinac to increased activity related to damage to American Transmission Co.’s electrical transmission lines and Enbridge Energy’s Line 5. Crews …

A soldier from Calumet who has been missing since the Vietnam War has now been accounted for. An announcement from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency earlier this month said the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Marshall F. Kipina were identified. The aircraft Kipina was serving on was lost on a …

Click on the blue links for more details. MTU Michigan Tech is searching for a new head women’s basketball coach. The university announced yesterday that coach Kim Cameron has resigned to pursue a position with an NCAA Division One program. Cameron departs as the most successful coach in Huskies’ women’s …