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Maci Cornish knows what floats her boat. A walking encyclopedia of Great Lakes Shipwreck history, the Fitzobsessed first-year engineering student welds as a hobby, works summers as first mate on a tour boat and is studying for her 100-ton captain’s license.

Mary Locke Petermann, a pioneer in cancer treatment research and development, was named to the 2022 Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. Petermann was born in Laurium in the Copper Country and attended Calumet High School before studying at Brown University and receiving a Ph.D in physiological chemistry from the University of Wisconsin.

Earlier this week, mostly forensic information came from the prosecution, namely pathologist George Krzymowski. The doctor confirmed that Mozader died from “asphyxia from aspiration of blood”, meaning he drowned on his own blood.

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The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS-Michigan), a division of the USDA, announced an application cut-off date of Dec. 2, 2022, for conservation financial assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). EQIP provides conservation financial assistance to agricultural producers and private non-industrial forestland owners for a wide variety of conservation practices to address natural resource concerns.