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DELTA COUNTY — All citizens who have not voted early or by absentee ballot may do so tomorrow. Tuesday is Election Day; the polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. This is a midterm general election. Races on the ballot are those for Michigan governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, ...

Michigan's free community college shuts out rural universities, they want in

A high school graduate living in the Upper Peninsula may consider enrolling at a community college but the drive across the vast, rural region may stop them: Depending on where they live, it could be a several-hour roundtrip commute. That's one reason why Northern Michigan University, Lake Superior State University and Michigan Technological University have for decades granted scores of associate degrees and skills certificates to students. Ferris State University, in rural west Michigan about a two-hour roundtrip drive from the nearest community college, has also offered associate ...

NASA telescope is on the verge of plunging back to Earth after failed rescue mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An aging NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower. The U.S. Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come crashing down on or around Friday. Most of the 1 ½-ton telescope is expected to burn up in the atmosphere. But a handful of pieces made of denser-than-lead tungsten and some mirror parts could survive reentry, according to NASA's Brad Cenko, the mission's chief scientist. Any surviving wreckage will most likely plunge into the ocean. But swaths of Africa, Australia, India, ...