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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has appointed Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz to the board of the Michigan Education Trust (MET). MET is a prepaid college tuition plan that enables families to pre-purchase tuition based on today’s tuition rates. The plan then covers the future cost of tuition when the child …

August 19, 2015 – As excitement builds for the start of another professional football season, Shopko is giving children across the country an opportunity to serve as the “kick-off kid” at Lambeau Field, home to the Green Bay Packers, one of the most storied franchises in professional sports. Open to …

A bill introduced in the Michigan House would update the state’s veteran’s monument at the capitol and create a new monument honoring female veterans. State Representative Pam Faris is sponsoring the measure and says the veteran’s monument hasn’t been updated since the Vietnam War so it doesn’t include conflicts like …

Sometimes even teachers have to study over the summer. Twenty school teachers from across Michigan have been attending a workshop at Michigan Tech this week. The workshop, called CS4All, helps teachers learn to integrate computer science and computational thinking into their classrooms. Sponsored by grants from Google, the workshop is …

The Soo Locks are fully functional again. The MacArthur Lock in Sault Ste.Marie had been shut down for maintenance since July 29th, but was reopened earlier this week. The problem centered around the lock’s gates, which were not closing correctly. The original estimate for the repairs was 10 days, but …

A liberal advocacy group says government documents show the state failed to address almost half the reported 3,707 issues with Michigan’s outgoing prison food vendor, Aramark Correctional Services. Lonnie Scott of Progress Michigan says state Department of Corrections documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show nearly 1,800 …

As a House Business Office investigation into an affair between two state lawmakers extends in to its second week, the speaker of the House is defending his handling of the office romance. House Speaker Kevin Cotter says he heard the same rumors everyone else had – that State Representative’s Todd …

A conference committee, made up of lawmakers from the Michigan House and Senate, are meeting Wednesday to hammer out a road funding solution. House Speaker Kevin Cotter calls the forming of a conference committee a big step. He says both sides have come to the table with ideas and concessions. On …

A new health clinic is coming to Calumet. Once it was the Sacred Heart Catholic School…now it’s a professional office building home to several businesses. Soon, it will be the location of a new U.P. Health Sysetem—Portage Clinic. The health system recently purchased the property on US-41/Calumet Avenue near the …

The Michigan Tech soccer team has been picked to finish fourth in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference this season. The coaches’ poll released this morning has Grand Valley State the overwhelming favorite. The Lakers have won the last two NCAA Division II national titles. Ohio Dominican finished second, and …