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Momoko Tajiri performs RNA extraction for a batch of patient samples in the MTU COVID-19 Testing Lab.
HOUGHTON The benefits of a quick testing turnaround for COVID-19 are obvious: a negative relieves stress, a positive enables quarantining and contact tracing that can limit further spread.
In the early days of the pandemic, testing could take more than a week. Early on, Michigan Technological University realized it needed to ramp up testing to get a handle on where things stood locally. With that came the need to analyze those results quickly; hence the on-campus COVID-19 lab, which celebrated its first anniversary Thursday.
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HOUGHTON Houghton County has a new site for a potential jail.
Tuesday, the board approved purchasing the First Apostolic Lutheran Church property on Sharon Avenue for $1.1 million. The board discussed the purchase in closed session prior to the vote.
The terms of when Houghton County would be able to move onto the site still need to be finalized in the purchase agreement, Vice Chairman Tom Tikkanen said.
Board members and the public toured the church site last month prior to a board work session. The congregation plans to build a bigger church on Gundlach Road.
The 14,000-square-foot building would be planned to house the sheriff’s office, work camp, district court, and potentially offices such as the county clerk. A new county jail would be built on land behind the church, partially overlapping with the current parking lot.