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World Water Day is Wednesday, but there are a whole week’s worth of activities focusing on water at Michigan Tech. The theme this year is Wastewater. Throughout the week there is an impressive display in the Memorial Union Commons. A visual display consisting of 90 one-gallon jugs, each representing an …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has awarded a total of $100,000 in deer habitat improvement grants in the Upper Peninsula. The funds will be allocated to 11 grant award recipients. The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative is a competitive grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state-managed lands …

Dr. Jason Oyadomari has been named Dean of the Suomi College of Arts and Sciences (SCAS) at Finlandia University. Dr. Oyadomari has been serving as the Interim Dean for more than a year. “Jason has done an exceptional job in his leadership role over the past 14 months as Interim Dean,” said Fredi de Yampert, …

Air travel in the Upper Peninsula could be in jeopardy if President Trump’s budget proposal is approved by Congress. “To not have a commercial airline in your community, your economic development and the growth in your community depends on this airline being here,” said Kelly Smith, manager of the Delta County …

Three men from the Detroit area and one Houghton County resident are facing charges following last week’s drug bust in Lake Linden. Detectives from UPSET seized heroin, cash from suspected drug sales and a loaded shotgun when they searched the residence. 25-year-old Breon Garner of Detroit was charged Friday with …

Calumet, MI. — The Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau, along with the Michigan State University Extension, Michigan Tech and Fitzgerald’s Restaurant, will be hosting a presentation and discussion on “Why Tourism Matters” by Dr. Sarah Nicholls on March 30, 2017, from 4-6 pm at the Siskiwit Reception Hall in Calumet, …

Registration is now open for the U.P. Math Championships hosted by Michigan Tech’s Department of Mathematical Sciences. The competition will take place on April 15th and is open to students in grades three to twelve. Students will compete as individuals and as teams of four in three categories: elementary, middle …

An Upper Peninsula lawmaker spent part of his visit to the area at a local health care provider. State Senator Tom Casperson toured Upper Great Lakes Hancock Family Health Center – Pediatrics on Friday. UGL showcased their pediatric services and discussed with the senator how Federally Qualified Healthcare Centers like UGL …

Roughly 1000 guests visited the campus of Michigan Tech this weekend for Preview Day, many seeing it for the first time. Those who arrived early were able to see some of the many projects that undergraduate students at the university are working on. One project showed how ultraviolet light could …

Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) arrested a 28 y/o Atlantic Mine man Friday on several charges related to the selling of narcotics. After a five month long investigation the suspect was arrested on one count of Delivery of Methamphetamine, one count of Delivery of Heroin and …