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It’s tournament time at Michigan Tech!  No, the basketball games are all done–this is the 10th Annual Tivitz Tournament. More than 100 students in grades four through seven from seven Western Upper Peninsula schools competed in the board game that draws upon their math and logic skills. Event Coordinator Amanda …

The name of the inmate in the Houghton County jail who recently died is now known. The Houghton County Sheriff’s Department says 38-year-old James Scott Silvola of Houghton had been arrested Saturday afternoon for felony retail fraud and was unable to post bond. A corrections officer making his regular rounds …

An Atlantic Mine man arrested in connection to a hit-and-run incident on March 10th has been bound over to Circuit Court. 31- year-old Benjamin Riutta waived his preliminary examination at his probable cause conference in Houghton County District Court Wednesday morning. Riutta is charged with failure to stop at the …

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs says they intend to develop procedural standards for the release of internal investigations into the quality of care for veterans. At the hearing by the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, it was revealed in questioning from Congressman Dan Benishek that the Inspector General’s office …

Temperatures outside may be barely warm enough to melt ice…but today is World Water Day! Michigan Tech will celebrate with several events beginning today and into next week. World Water Day began in 1993 and is meant to focus on ways to make a difference for the members of the …

The Michigan High School Athletic Association will begin a pilot program this fall using a new test to check for concussions in athletes. Executive Director Jack Roberts says anyone suspected of “getting their bell rung” will be asked to look at cards, or an iPad and read some numbers. The …

The state’s largest union has joined the yes vote campaign to fix Michigan’s roads with a one-cent sales tax increase. AFL-CIO President Karla Swift says it’s not everyday that business and labor agree on major economic issues, but this is an area where it’s easy to find common ground. Republican …

Governor Rick Snyder has signed an executive order creating a new agency to coordinate the state’s energy programs. Valerie Brader, Snyder’s top aide on energy matters, will lead the new Michigan Agency for Energy which will focus on coordinating efforts and decisions as the state looks to replace retiring coal-fired …

The Michigan Senate has approved a bill creating a “choose life” license plate in Michigan. Under the measure most of the money raised from sales of the state-sponsored plate would go to abortion alternatives like crisis pregnancy centers run by Right to Life and other anti-abortion organizations. A Democrat-sponsored proposed …

Faith-based adoption agencies in Michigan which claim a religious exemption would be allowed to decline services to certain potential adoptive parents without risk of losing taxpayer funding, under bills approved by the Michigan House Wednesday. Votes on the Republican-sponsored bills were mostly along party lines. All three bills passed by …