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Michigan Tech’s research expenditures are at an all-time high. Those numbers were presented to the University’s Board of Trustees at its regular meeting on Friday. Preliminary figures for the last fiscal year show expenditures to be over $78 million, an increase over the previous year by more than $7 million. …

HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN- This week, the National Park Service (NPS) began the translocation of wolves to Isle Royale National Park as part of a multi-year effort to increase the number of apex predators into the park’s ecosystem. On Tuesday, September 25, four wolves were successfully captured from different pack territories on …

Baraga County Communities That Care is hosting a Mental Health First Aid Training next month which helps participants learn to identify and offer help to individuals who may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The course equips participants with the skills to apply the …

At next month’s meeting of the Natural Resources Commission in Lansing, Department of Natural Resources fish managers will recommend a small number of Upper Peninsula stream segments for inclusion under a 10-brook trout possession limit. The regulation was put in place earlier this year for 33 U.P. streams, while the …

As October is known nationally as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a Keweenaw based shelter for victims of abuse is revving up to let people know. “We used to have candlelight visuals before and attendance was getting less and less so I thought ‘let’s make some noise,’ and so we have …

HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN– After years of study, public engagement, and planning, the first wolves in a National Park Service (NPS) wolf translocation project to restore predation to the island ecosystem have been moved to Isle Royale National Park from the Grand Portage Indian Reservation. On Wednesday, September 26, late in the day, …

Lansing, MI – Three months after a torrential rainstorm began, the devastation left behind remains a catastrophic problem in Houghton County. More than 150 road washouts, dozens of sinkholes and more than $60 million in damages to the roads and bridges in the county, cities, townships and villages. On Thursday, …

LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder today announced that work will begin on Michigan’s road projects immediately now that the contractors’ association and operating engineers’ union agreed to continue working without a contract through the 2018 construction season. “This is great news, and I appreciate that both sides were able to …

LAURIUM, Mich. – Aspirus Keweenaw invites all ladies to learn about caring for your birthday suit at Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful, another fun and fancy Aspiring Women event. Your skin is your body’s largest organ and serves many life-sustaining functions. Many skin changes are just a normal part of aging, …

Researchers at Michigan Tech are working with Army specialists to study how military vehicles perform on different terrains. “Michigan Tech has been a long standing partner of the US Army. In fact, the Keweenaw Research Center used to be part of the Army. It used to be a test center …