The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is preparing for an extensive, multi-year repair and upgrade project on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock. Work will include removing and replacing the upper and lower decks of...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR TIM BORING Today at the Upper Peninsula State Fair, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Tim Boring announced new investments that will support local food and agri...

Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist (D-Detroit) visited the Upper Peninsula State Fair on Thursday to take part in the Delta County Chamber of Commerce Governor's Day luncheon underneath the Activities Tent. Gilchrist filled in for Gov. Gre...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH RYAN ENGLE, MVH Marquette's Jacobetti Home For Veterans celebrated 45 years of serving Upper Peninsula veterans earlier this month with a community birthday celebration. "It was exciting," Ryan Engle...

A 16-year-old charged in connection with the drowning death of Jakob Bowerman appeared Monday in Marinette County Court. Peyton Carnot appeared by video from the Marinette County Jail for a status conference. Carnot's attorney told the court there ha...

John Calhoun, 36, of Detroit, was arraigned before Magistrate Delphia Burton in the 36th District Court in Detroit on multiple felony counts for allegedly smuggling narcotics into the Michigan Department of Corrections facilities through the mail. Th...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH YMCA DIR. CARON SALO The Northern Lights YMCA is proud to announce that the community has successfully fulfilled the $1,000,000 Matching Challenge established by the John and Melissa Besse Foundation, marking ...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH KERRY HECKMAN, DNR Among the wildest of Michigan's wild places, the rugged Michigamme Highlands has some of the most important natural geography in the Great Lakes region. Made up of vast forests, sparkling la...