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NMU places idea kiosk in GCC student lounge

By LARRY HOLCOMBE

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IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College student Savannah Westie, of Mass City, knows about hard work, having hauled hay at a friend's farm near her home for several years.

Like with any job, the correct tools are needed, but she said she has never found the right gloves for the job.

Enter Invent@NMU, an idea and business incubator based at Northern Michigan University. The Invent@NMU staff were at GCC Thursday afternoon pitching a new product of their own - a portable kiosk which is hoped to be a portal for ideas from an aspiring public.

Westie enter...