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New space program lifts off at LSSU
Jennifer Donovan
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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Easing the EMS staffing shortage in the U.P. and Michigan
Rosemary Parker
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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The snowy U.P.: Ideal for testing solar panels
Jennifer Donovan
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
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Narrowing the gender gap in municipal leadership
Greg Tasker
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
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Funding paves way for all-electric off-road vehicles in the U.P.
Brice Burge
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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Upper Peninsula Cyber Institute brings back Vajda
Brice Burge
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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Stormy Kromer partners to make portable sauna tents
Ann Dallman
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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LSSU funds research role with first endowment position
Brice Burge
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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Ironwood and other rural towns embrace placemaking
Rosemary Parker
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
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Billerud funding included in state budget
Brice Burge
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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Communications merger brings peninsulas together
Brice Burge
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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Electric school buses poised to roll into the U.P.
Rosemary Parker
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Transportation
Soo Locks heading into winter maintenance
Brice Burge
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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First M-Prize Challenge sparks innovation with Marquette students
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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Economic Development
Marquette’s Shophouse Park project gets $3 million state grant
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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Marquette's outdoor innovation center moves forward
Greg Tasker
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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Now showing ... former theaters repurposed
Dianna Stampfler
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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Broadband funding online for Copper Country
Thursday, November 3, 2022
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Technology helps bridge the gap in mental health services in the U.P. and rural Michigan
Rosemary Parker
Thursday, October 27, 2022
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Estelle Slootmaker
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