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By Mark Wilcox, News Writer, Michigan Technological University The winners of the Cleaning Dirty Water Competition at Michigan Technological University shouldn’t come as a surprise. The winners are three members of the Tech chapter of the Society of Environmental Engineering — seniors no less — Joseph Doyle, Kyle Mischler and Jeremy …

Michigan continues to rank near the bottom in the percentage of kids getting immunizations and Houghton County is second to last in the state for parents opting not to get their children vaccinated. Houghton_447449_7 (2) A push is on to change that. Dr. Keith English, the chair of the Department of …

When the weather warms up enough to melt the ice, there’s going to be a snowmobile sitting on the bottom of the Portage Canal. And when it does, the person who guessed the closest date and time will win up to a $1,000 in the Sink The Sled contest, being …

Just after midnight tonight, ships will begin to pass through the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie. Area engineer for the locks, Kevin Sprague, says this is a busy time for shipping. Sprague says they’re evaluating the benefit-cost ratio of building a new Poe Lock, estimated to cost $600 million. …

Saying the state of Michigan needs to “do more” in the fight against opioid drug abuse. In Lansing Thursday, Governor Rick Snyder unveiled a new legislative strategy focused on the issue. Jon Hewett has more.

Speaking in Lansing on smartphone safety, Dr. David Greenfield, founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, said notifications can be dangerous. Dr. Greenfield equates smart phones to a portable dopamine pump, the pleasure neurochemical in the reward system of the brain.

Are you happy? Only about one in three people are, according to a recent Harris Poll study. But there are some things you can do to boost your happiness level. Health Reporter Dr. Deanna Lites takes a look.  

New figures released by the state say Michigan’s unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent in February, while the number of people entering the job market continued to grow. The rate rose from 5.2 percent in January and compared with a national February jobless rate of 4.7 percent. The state’s workforce …

Michigan’s most recent high school graduation and dropout rates didn’t change much from the year before. The four-year graduation rate was 79.65 percent in the 2015-16 school year, down slightly from the school year before. The dropout rate was 8.91 percent, down from 9.12 percent. The data was released by …

Popular Science, a science and technology publication, says Michigan will be the most desired state in the country to live in by 2100. The magazine used a process of elimination citing rising sea levels, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, and rising temperatures. Those factors eliminated every other state in the country from …