Category Archives: News

Michigan Automatic Voter Registration Officially Launches
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson today announced that automatic voter registration officially has launched in Michigan and online voter registration will be available following the November 2019 elec...
Jack Hall Sep 24, 2019

Michigan Industrial Hemp Growers Reminded Of Rules
As the state's first industrial hemp harvest begins, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reminding growers that they must have their crop tested for THC content before they...
Jack Hall Sep 24, 2019

Two Arrested In Large Drug Bust At Escanaba Hotel
On 9-24-19, Deputies with the Delta County Sheriff's Office conducted a search warrant at a hotel in the City of Escanaba. A large amount of Methamphetamine was located, along with prescription drugs....
Jack Hall Sep 24, 2019

Body Of Lost Hunter Found In Big Island Wilderness Area
A Sunday night search for a lost hiker in the Big Island Wilderness Area of the eastern Upper Peninsula turned into a somber recovery early this morning, after conservation officers with the Michigan ...
Jack Hall Sep 23, 2019

Escanaba Schools Investigating Stadium Light Failure
It was the Night the Lights Went Out in Escanaba. The stadium lights went out Friday night as the Escanaba High School football team played Marquette in its Homecoming football team. City crews tried ...
Jack Hall Sep 23, 2019

Governor Signs Bill On Health Care Work Requirement
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 362 into law, which will reduce the harmful impacts of Medicaid work requirements and protect Michiganders' access to quality health care. "The Healthy Mic...
Jack Hall Sep 23, 2019

Manistique Man Gets 15-40 Years For Drug Trafficking
LISTEN TO INTERVIEW WITH SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY PROSECUTOR TIM NOBLE On September 19, 2019, Ryan Richard St. John was sentenced for his involvement in narcotics trafficking for a minimum of 15 years and a...
Jack Hall Sep 23, 2019

Lake State To Play Hockey Game In Sault Canada
Lake Superior State University (LSSU) in association with the City of Sault Ste Marie are pleased to announce that the LSSU men's hockey team will host the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers in a Western Col...
Jack Hall Sep 23, 2019

Rail Safety Week Urges Caution Around Train Tracks
Saving lives by alerting pedestrians and drivers to the dangers of being inattentive at highway-rail grade crossings and along train tracks is the focus of a campaign by the rail safety education nonp...
Jack Hall Sep 23, 2019

Delta County, Sawyer International Airports Get Grants
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $986 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fifth allotment of the total $...
Jack Hall Sep 23, 2019

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