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[Hancock, MI]  The Portage Health Foundation recently awarded $25,000 to L’Anse Area Schools and the Hornet Park Improvement Group for groundwork projects to assist in the construction of a softball field. The school and park group co-applied for funding under the PHFoundation’s adolescent health RFP.  The foundation sought applications focused …

Construction has begun on projects included in a $24.3 million bond issue, and already Michigan Technological University’s investment is having a major economic impact on the community, President Glenn Mroz told the Michigan Tech Board of Trustees at its meeting on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. Contracts totaling $6.3 million have …

The Michigan Tech Trails will host the 2016 U.S. Nordic Ski Championships in January. This is the 4th time Tech has hosted the event, the first being in 2007. The national event will bring approximately 1000 people to the area, since many racers are not local. Michigan Tech Cross Country …

Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment (MI-TRALE) would like to announce that the Village of Rockland and Stannard Townships has recently received new ORV signage funded by the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (LVD) 2% grant funds. Don Helsel, the president of …

Nearly 400 Michigan Tech graduates have all the rights, privileges and honors pertaining therein after receiving their degrees at this year’s Winter Commencement Saturday.   Class of 1968’s Townsend Porter, Jr., a pioneer in electrical engineering at the start of the computer age for IBM, was the commencement speaker. Graduating …

An Upper Peninsula judge could be suspended for a few months after admitting to committing misconduct. Chippewa County District Court Judge Elizabeth Church is accused of dismissing charges and tickets, without holding a hearing, in dozens of cases. She also visited a defendant in jail before a trial started and …

Michigan’s prison inmates would have more time to petition the courts for DNA testing in their cases, under a bill signed by the governor Thursday. The measure repeals the sunset date on post-conviction testing of DNA, which was set to expire at the beginning of next year. State Senator Steve …

Businesses could keep lifesaving epinephrine injectors on hand in case an employee or customer has an allergic reaction, under a bill signed into law by the governor Thursday. The bill’s sponsor, State Representative Lisa Posthumus Lyons, says a business doesn’t have to stock epipens, but can if it wants to. …

Michigan’s governor says he’s still weighing the pros and cons of signing a bill to end straight-ticket voting in the state. The bill to do away with the check box for Democrat or Republican at the top of your ballot was passed by both the Michigan House and Senate late …

Researchers at the University of Michigan will receive $250,000 to develop materials that can prevent concussions. Professor Ellen Arruda with U of M’s Mechanical Engineering Department says they’re studying how to minimize the effects of hits to the head. The university was one of five winners in the final phase …