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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 …

Lawmakers on a Michigan House committee continue to weigh a package of bills that would revamp the state’s energy policy, which includes eliminating energy choice. The big utilities lined up to support the bill during an hours long hearing Monday. Consumer’s Energy VP of Government Affairs David Mengebier told the …

Police body cameras would be regulated under a bill being considered Tuesday by a House committee in Lansing. The Michigan House Judiciary Committee will take up a measure that, among other things, provides exemptions from the Freedom Of Information Act in certain situations. The proposal says body camera records could …