U.P. agencies will get health innovation grants
A few Upper Peninsula health care agencies were among 42 recent grant awards totaling more than $1 million in funds to support innovation in health care in Michigan. The […]
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Great Lakes Composite Institute hopes to bring jobs, training to EUP
The Great Lakes Composite Institute is working with Bay Mills Community College to train students in manufacturing, along with creating prototypes and new products for manufacturers like those in the auto industry.
Michigan companies contribute to Olympic movement
As you watch the Olympics in Sochi, Russia this week, take note of some of the Michigan connections on the USA Team. Writer Lucy Hough talks with three Michigan companies contributing to the upcoming Games.
At least Jezebel hasn’t forgotten about the U.P.: A winter weather rant
Source: Jezebel.com
It’s not too early to plan birding trips in national parks
Source: National Parks Traveler
U.P. businesses honored by Operation Action U.P.
Source: UpperMichigansSource.com
It could be worse: the blizzard of 1938
Source: The Atlantic Cities
Photo of the Week: The end of the shipping season
Shipping season officially comes to a close in the Upper Peninsula when the waterways give way to the ice that forms across the Great Lakes.
Snow-covered panels: Does solar power work in the Upper Peninsula?
It makes total sense to have solar farms set up across the nation, collecting energy from the sun and providing it in a clean, sustainable fashion. But what about here in the U.P. where snow covers the ground (and solar panels!) for five or more months?
