Michigan Tech OKs preliminary 3.9 percent tuition increase
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Officials at Michigan Technological University have approved a preliminary tuition increase of 3.9 percent.
View ArticleMichigan colleges partner on historic mineral preservation
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Two of the state's top universities are banding together to preserve the legacy of historic mineral collection in Michigan.
View ArticleMichigan Tech gives president 2-year contract extension
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Michigan Technological University in Houghton has given its president a two-year extension.
View ArticleMichigan Tech to raise tuition by average of 3.1 percent
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Michigan Technological University plans to raise tuition by an average of 3.1 percent for next school year.
View ArticleEastern Michigan students protest tuition increase
YPSILANTI, Michigan - About a dozen Eastern Michigan University students gathered Thursday on its Ypsilanti campus to protest the school's 7.8 percent increase in tuition and fees.
View ArticleUpper Peninsula inmate still on the run days later
HOUGHTON, Michigan - A sheriff in the Upper Peninsula says he's taking some lumps over the escape of a jail inmate who ran away while being escorted from court.
View Article3 peregrine falcon chicks hatch atop Houghton-Hancock bridge
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched atop the Houghton-Hancock Lift Bridge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
View Article3 peregrine falcon chicks hatch atop Houghton-Hancock bridge
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched atop the Houghton-Hancock Lift Bridge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
View ArticlePublic meetings planned to discuss Isle Royale wolves, moose
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Federal officials have scheduled four public meetings this month to discuss options for managing Isle Royale National Park's wolves and moose.
View ArticleAgency recommends cutting more judicial posts around state
LANSING, Michigan - The agency that oversees Michigan's court system urged lawmakers Thursday to eliminate nine judicial posts around the state and add three in suburban Detroit.
View ArticleTour explores Jacobsville sandstone
JACOBSVILLE, Michigan - Not too many folks from out of town make it to Jacobsville, but the Jacobsville sandstone the village is built on is downright cosmopolitan.
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Camp 911 offers inside look at medical emergencies
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, Michigan - Amy Ruohonen attended Camp 911 in 2006 and 2007 when she was in middle school, and she thinks the experience influenced her decision to make emergency medical care her...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court will look at false memories case
HOUGHTON, Michigan - The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to take an unusual case involving an Upper Peninsula counselor and a teen's false memories of sexual abuse.
View ArticleTribe, state exploring $14M walk-and-bike path around bay
DETROIT - Native Americans in the Upper Peninsula and the state of Michigan are exploring a plan to build a 12-mile hiking and bicycling trail that would connect two villages on opposite sides of a...
View ArticleReward offered in poaching of gray wolf in Upper Peninsula
HOUGHTON, Michigan - State officials are offering a reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting of a gray wolf in the Upper Peninsula's Houghton County.
View ArticleMichigan Tech gets $2 million gift from 1948 graduate
HOUGHTON, Michigan - An alumnus of Michigan Technological University has made a $2 million gift to the school's Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics.
View ArticleCharge dismissed in Michigan Tech online threat case
HOUGHTON, Michigan - A charge of disturbing the peace against a Michigan Technological University student who authorities say threatened blacks on social media has been dismissed.
View ArticleUpper Peninsula poet laureate takes her craft to classrooms
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Once, Andrea Scarpino assumed poets were dead.
View ArticleQuincy Mine in Upper Peninsula goes solar
HANCOCK, Michigan - The electric costs for the Quincy Mine Hoist are significant, but the recent installation of a solar panel array is expected to reduce those costs.
View ArticleCrash kills snowmobiler in middle of night in UP
HOUGHTON, Michigan - One person is dead after a snowmobile crash in the Upper Peninsula.
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