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Michigan Tech’s Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge teams both took first place in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2016 North Central student competition at Michigan State University last weekend. Although the concrete canoe races were cancelled due to bad weather, the team placed first in design paper, first in …

An organization at Michigan Tech that seeks to encourage young women to explore computing fields is getting a boost. Tech’s Women in Computing Sciences has won a $3,000 Student Seed Fund grant from the National Center for Women and Information Technology. The money will help the group increase membership and …

Tornados are rare in the Copper Country, which is why tomorrow’s test of the EAS Tornado Warning is so important. The statewide test is conducted by the National Weather Service in cooperation with the Michigan State Police Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division. At 1:30 Wednesday afternoon, participating local radio …

With today marking the return of state lawmakers in Lansing, one of the big items on the “to do” list is what to do about Detroit’s public schools. And as Jon Hewett reports, one lawmaker says students would be “better off” if DPS simply “went away”.

Most pickups didn’t fare too well in a new series of crash tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Here’s Auto Beat Reporter Jeff Gilbert –

In response to the fatal shooting rampage that took place earlier this year in Kalamazoo County, a state lawmaker expects quick passage of his active shooter alert bill. Republican Brandt Iden of Oshtemo Township expected the House Committee on Technology to take up the legislation later this week.

More evidence that professional football players are sustaining brain injuries. Health reporter Dr. Deanna Lites has the details.

The Progressive Women’s Legislative Caucus met in Lansing in an attempt to move forward legislation to address pay equity in the state. Representative Marcia Hovey-Wright says this is a serious problem. A bill was introduced over a year ago to the state legislature, but still no action has been taken.

Two more deaths have been linked to a Legionnaire’s outbreak in Genessee County. There are now 91 cases of Legionnaire’s and 12 deaths, says Chief Medical Executive Eden Wells at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Was it caused by the switch to water from the Flint River …

Governor Rick Snyder, speaking at the Michigan Chronicle’s, Pancakes and Politics breakfast in Detroit, covered topics such as job growth, Flint and the Detroit Public Schools. Charlie Langton has more. Snyder again stressed that the word “resignation” has NOT crossed his mind –