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MTU Engineers Build Mobile Unit to Clean COVID-19 PPE
By Allison Mills, Michigan Tech Associate Director of Research NewsPosted April 8, 2020, on Michigan Tech NewsReprinted in part with permissionThe "hot" side of this Michigan Tech Sanitizer conducts...
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Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: The Making of Vaccines
By Kelley Christensen, Michigan Tech Science and Technology Publications WriterPosted April 2, 2020, on Michigan Tech NewsReprinted in part with permissionCaryn Heldt, director of the Michigan Tech...
View ArticleWestern UP Health Department reports COVID-19 testing totals for Apr. 10
HANCOCK -- The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) COVID-19 testing report of Friday, Apr. 10, 2020, shows an additional positive case in Gogebic County, bringing the Gogebic total to 4...
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U.P. Energy Task Force to meet via video conferencing Apr. 13; public urged...
During the UP Energy Task Force meeting on Sept. 20, 2019, at Finlandia's Jutila Center in Hancock, representatives of Plains Mainstream Canada, Enbridge, and SEMCO Energy Gas Co. gave presentations on...
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Attorney General Nessel comments on UP Energy Task Force Report on Propane,...
By Michele BourdieuMichigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. (Photo courtesy michigan.gov)LANSING -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday, April 6, submitted comments on the draft report...
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Michigan Tech opens COVID-19 testing lab
By Allison Mills, Michigan Tech Associate Director of Research NewsPosted April 16, 2020, on Michigan Tech NewsReprinted in part with permissionMichigan Tech has partnered with regional hospitals to...
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U.P. Energy Task Force submits propane recommendations to Gov. Whitmer
This map, from the Upper Peninsula Energy Task Force Committee Recommendations: Part I -- Propane Supply, submitted to Gov. Whitmer on Apr. 17 by the U.P. Energy Task Force, shows the residential use...
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Guest article: Michigan Tech observer team at COP25, Madrid: A perspective
By Shardul Tiwari *Thousands participate in a climate strike during the COP25 climate summit in Madrid. (Photos courtesy Shardul Tiwari)The 25th annual United Nations climate change conference held...
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Guest article: COP25: Expectations, Surprises and Disappointments
By Adewale Adesanya *Stage of the "Climate Emergency March" attracts thousands of Spanish residents at Neuvos Ministerios, Madrid, Spain, during the COP25 climate conference. (Photos courtesy Adewale...
View ArticleLETTER: UP Energy Task Force
From Gene Champagne* to Keweenaw NowThere is a new report out from the State of Michigan that all UP residents need to pay attention to. The UP Energy Task Force (UPETF) was created by Governor Whitmer...
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Governor Whitmer signs Executive Order to re-open construction, real estate...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. (Photo courtesy michigan.gov)LANSING -- On Friday, May 1, at a press conference with leaders in health care, business, and labor, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed...
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AG Nessel confirms Gov. Whitmer's Executive Orders enforceable
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. (Photo courtesy michigan.gov)LANSING – The Michigan Legislature's failure to pass an extension of the state of emergency and disaster declared by Gov. Gretchen...
View ArticleNon-Resident of Gogebic County tests positive locally for COVID-19
GOGEBIC COUNTY, Mich. -- The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) is investigating a positive COVID-19 case in Gogebic County in a non-resident. The person recently traveled from an urban...
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Michigan Public Service Commission seeks public comment on Enbridge Line 5 -...
By Michele BourdieuWith information from Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Public Service Commissioners are, from left, Daniel C. Scripps, Chairman Sally A. Talberg, and Tremaine L....
View ArticleUP Energy Task Force to hold virtual meeting May 12; public may comment
LANSING -- The UP Energy Task Force will meet from 9:30 a.m. to Noon on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, online via Microsoft Teams.The UP Energy Task Force (UPETF) was created by Executive Order No. 2019-14....
View ArticleHoughton County culvert repair project to start May 18
LANSING -- Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will invest $2.6 million to replace four culverts and repave segments of highway totaling about 9 miles on US-41 from the Houghton/Baraga county...
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Authorities prepared to enforce Michigan Laws for safety if protests occur at...
LANSING –- Attorney General Dana Nessel and Michigan State Police Col. Joe Gasper are aware that some Michiganders are expected to protest at the Capitol in Lansing Thursday, May 14, and are reminding...
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Q and A with Michigan Tech Masterminds of 3D-printed PPE
By Cyndi Perkins, Senior Content Specialist, Michigan Tech University Marketing and CommunicationsPosted May 7, 2020, on Michigan Tech NewsReprinted in part with permissionMichigan Tech Materials...
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Governor Whitmer reopens retail, restaurants, offices in Upper Peninsula,...
LANSING -- Today, May 18, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-92, allowing for the reopening of retail businesses, office work that cannot be done remotely, and restaurants and bars...
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Isle Royale to further delay Park opening; no visitor ferry service for...
Isle Royale National Park announces a delay in 2020 opening. (Photo courtesy National Park Service)HOUGHTON -- Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...
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