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K-Mart Closing Eight Michigan Stores; Menominee On List
Sears Holding Corporation is closing eight Kmart stores in Michigan. The company filed for bankruptcy last October and says the decision was "difficult but necessary." This will leave just three Kmart...
Jack Hall Sep 03, 2019

Michigan Gets CDC Grant To Do Chemical Bio-monitoring
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is among six state health departments nationwide awarded a grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supporting ...
Jack Hall Sep 03, 2019

Schoolcraft County Man Arrested On Meth Charges
A Schoolcraft County man has been arrested on drugs charges. Manistique Public Safety says that 19-year-old Martin Jarju The Fifth of McMillian was taken into custody on felony meth possession charges...
Jack Hall Sep 03, 2019

Suicide Prevention Walks Saturday In Ishpeming, Escanaba
The Annual Marquette County Out of the Darkness Community Walk will be held this Saturday, September 7th at Al Quaal Recreation Area in Ishpeming hosted by the Marquette County Suicide Prevention Alli...
Jack Hall Sep 03, 2019

Walmart To Stop Selling Certain Guns, Ammunition
Walmart is discontinuing the sales of certain types of guns and ammunition after two mass shootings at stores this summer. The retail giant announced it would no longer sell short-barrel rifle ammunit...
Jack Hall Sep 03, 2019

Late-Night Fire Destroys Downtown Escanaba Home
LISTEN TO INTERVIEW WITH EPSD CAPT. DARIN HUNTER Fire broke out in a downtown Escanaba home late Monday night. Escanaba Public Safety Captain Darin Hunter says the call came in at about 10:50 p.m. to ...
Jack Hall Sep 03, 2019

Michigan Red Cross Volunteers Helping With Hurricane
The Michigan Region of the American Red Cross has already deployed 38 volunteers, along with three Emergency Response Vehicles, to assist with advance hurricane relief efforts across the Southeast. Th...
Jack Hall Sep 02, 2019

30,000 Take Part In Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk
For the first time in three years, crowds at the Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk grew, with an estimated 30,000 people shrugging off blustery weather to walk the Mighty Mac this Labor Day. This was the th...
Jack Hall Sep 02, 2019 2019 Mackinac Bridge Walk

'Community Voices' Speaker Series Returns To Bay West
The Bay College West Campus Speaker Series "Community Voices" starts back up on Thursday, September 12, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM CST in Fornetti Hall. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. T...
Jack Hall Sep 02, 2019

Flu Shots Available For Upper Peninsula Veterans
Flu vaccinations are now available for Veterans enrolled in VA health care at their regularly scheduled VA appointments. Veterans may also get vaccinated during free walk-in flu shot clinics at the Os...
Jack Hall Sep 01, 2019

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Local News from the RRN News Center
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