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We made it!  Donations from $20 to $500 put us over the top.  The Phase III $10,600 down payment will be made this week : ). Awesome, amazing, thrilling, and gratifying. Thank you!  And congratulations — we have kept the Gratiot River open for all of us, people and wildlife. …

Residents in Adams Township are taking a stand against a proposed wind farm. At a public meeting in Baltic, concerned citizens packed the township hall to hear a presentation by representatives from Farm Wind Energy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. At issue was a request by Farm Wind …

For most people, April 15 is the annual tax-filing deadline. For people like Roger Mech – and other forest health professionals – April 15 also marks the beginning of the yearly window when oak wilt can be transmitted from diseased to healthy red oak trees. According to Mech, forest health …

The gears are turning, and the ideas are in motion. It’s time for the Design Expo at Michigan Tech, coming up this Thursday. The expo is held in the Memorial Union Building Ballroom and showcases undergraduate engineering projects. Tech Today reports that this year’s expo at Michigan Tech features a …

Want do a little more than just get a great meal today? Well, you can eat good and help out the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter by stopping by Joey’s Seafood and Grill in downtown Houghton. They will donate 20 percent of your order to the shelter for domestic violence victims …

Members of the Copper Country Recycling Initiative will discuss their recent grant application to the Department of Environmental Quality for building a new local recycling center for corrugated cardboard at the Portage Lake District Library today at 4:00pm. Other items that will be discussed include a survey of trash and …

You’re passions shouldn’t cause you pain. That’s the theme of a free seminar hosted by the Orthopedics and Outpatient Therapies teams from Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital. The Interactive Joint and Muscle Pain Seminar will take place in the Memorial Union Building today at 5:30pm. It will include normal mobility demonstrations, what …

Unemployment in Michigan’s construction industry declined by more than 5.5 percent during the past year, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors. ABC analyzed statistics released in February by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Michigan‘s construction-related jobless decline was the largest year-over-year drop in the U.S. The Michigan jobless rate for …

Nearly half of local roads that do not get federal aid are in “poor” condition, and only 10 percent in “good” condition. That’s according to new data released Monday by the state-run Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council. The study comes less than a month before Michigan voters go to the …

There is a new statewide test for students in Michigan beginning this week. The M-STEP test is more challenging than the former MEAP test that had been given to students. The M-STEP is also the first exam to be online. Students in grades five, eight and eleven are taking the …