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Local geologist takes education on the road

CHESTERTON | Dunes Learning Center and the National Park Service will offer a one-day workshop titled "Geology Road Trip" with Ken Schoon, local educator, geologist and author on Feb. 16. The day will begin at 9 a.m. with a review of Calumet Area geology, including the formation of Lake Mich…

February 07, 2013 12:00 am
RUST BELT RESURGENCE: Miners, workers strike gold in thriving iron industry

RUST BELT RESURGENCE: Miners, workers strike gold in thriving iron industry

DULUTH, Minn. | Minerals and metallurgical engineer Don Fosnacht said having an "ungodly vast" array of natural resources is a good situation.

September 18, 2011 12:00 am Photos

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GUEST COMMENTARY: Plan for operations throughout Little Cal watershed

We now face the dilemma of having spent $200 million on flood prevention construction for the Little Calumet River, just a part of the Little Calumet River drainage basin which includes the trunk stream and its tributaries out to Lake Michigan at Burns Ditch in Portage.

June 14, 2011 12:00 am

GUEST COMMENTARY: U.S. must examine safety of nuclear plants here

The triple catastrophe in northern Japan involved an earthquake of 9 on the Richter scale (among the strongest in more than a century), many strong aftershocks, a very intense tsunami and serious damages to nuclear energy facilities with potentially devastating radiation releases. Obviously,…

March 22, 2011 12:00 am
IUN student researcher presents at conference

IUN student researcher presents at conference

Nicole Grabos, 19, of Hobart, recently presented findings at the Geological Society of America's annual conference in Denver, Colo.

November 25, 2010 12:00 am
Hayward boosted BP's bottom line, but not safety

Hayward boosted BP's bottom line, but not safety

LONDON (AP) — Two decades ago, Tony Hayward was a "turtle" — one of a handful of young high fliers at BP earmarked for great things, named after the cartoon warriors, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Minor earthquake shakes US capital's movers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earthquakes are so rare in the Washington area that even a geology student wasn't quite sure what was going on when a minor one hit early Friday. Was it a truck passing by? A low-flying plane?

July 16, 2010 11:30 am
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