Category Archives: News

Bergman Wants Incentives For Broadband Expansion
Today, Congressman Jack Bergman introduced The Rural Broadband Connectivity Act of 2019 - which would incentivize businesses to deploy broadband infrastructure in areas currently lacking sufficient ac...
Jack Hall Jul 25, 2019

Sea Lamphrey Assessment Planned In Delta County
The continuing battle against sea lampreys soon will come to locations in the local area. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service assessment crew will conduct work on Sturgeon and Ford Rivers, Delta County, ...
Jack Hall Jul 25, 2019

Copper Country Engineer To Meet President Trump
Calumet Electronics engineer Audra Thurston will be meeting and speaking with President Donald Trump and Special Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump on Thursday, July 25, at 3:30 p.m. at the White H...
Jack Hall Jul 25, 2019

UP Heath System-Marquette Adds Osteopathic Physician
UP Health System - Marquette is proud to announce the addition of Kathryn Lerche, DO, to its Family Medicine Staff. Dr. Lerche earned her Bachelor of Science at Michigan Tech before completing medical...
Jack Hall Jul 25, 2019

LaFave Objects To Nessel's Grey Wolves Statement
State Rep. Beau LaFave, of Iron Mountain, today criticized a move by the Michigan attorney general to end controlled wolf hunting in the Upper Peninsula. "Downstate Dana is literally feeding us to the...
Jack Hall Jul 25, 2019

Bay College Early Childhood Program Earns Accreditation
Bay College is proud to announce that the Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Program has been granted Accreditation through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)...
Jack Hall Jul 24, 2019

Committee Passes Bill To Hire More Food Inspectors
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Pat Roberts (R-KS), John Cornyn (R-TX) and De...
Jack Hall Jul 24, 2019

Michigan Students Win National Transportation Event
A student team from the University of Michigan (U-M) was announced as the winners of the second annual Transportation Technology Tournament by the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE). The...
Jack Hall Jul 24, 2019

Munising Residents Can Comment On Road Project
A public hearing in Munising Tuesday on a major road project planned for next year in Munising. It will be an upgrade of M-28 through the city that will include a roundabout and other improvements, su...
Jack Hall Jul 24, 2019

Four Running For Escanaba City Council Seats
City Council Nominating Petitions were due in the City Clerk's Office by 4:00 p.m., on July 23, 2019, 15 weeks prior to the City Council Election. The following individuals successfully submitted nomi...
Jack Hall Jul 24, 2019

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