Category Archives: News
Great Lakes Governors Support Wildlife Restoration Bill
Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, along with governors DeWine (R-OH), Evers (D-WI), Wolf (D-PA), Pritzker (D-IL), and Walz (D-MN), sent a letter to chairman and ranking member of the U.S. House Commit...
Oct 15, 2019
Michigan Receiving $122 Million To Fight Drugs, Gangs
Today, the Department of Justice announced awards of more than $122 million to support public safety efforts in Michigan. The funds will help law enforcement agencies and community organizations in ju...
Oct 15, 2019
Bay College West Plans Family Fun Night Event
Bay College 's West Campus is hosting its Fourth Annual Family Fun Night on Thursday, October 24, 2019 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM CST in the Lower Commons. All are welcome to this free community event, but ...
Oct 15, 2019
Fifth Michigan Resident Dies From EEE Virus
A fifth death due to Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in a Cass County resident and an additional horse has been diagnosed with the disease in Allegan County, the Michigan Departme...
Oct 14, 2019
Sawyer Man In Critical Condition After Shooting Incident
The man involved in Sunday night's shooting incident at K-I Sawyer was in critical condition on Monday at UP-Health System Marquette. Michigan State Police say the unidentified 68-year-old man was dis...
Oct 14, 2019
Michigan DNR Releases Nearly 20,000 Lake Sturgeon
This summer and fall, the Michigan DNR and several partners released nearly 20,000 juvenile lake sturgeon in public waters, part of an ongoing effort to rehabilitate this culturally significant fish s...
Oct 14, 2019
Calumet Theatre Receives $1,000 Donation
After a successful launch of Copper Queen Whiskey in May, the distillery behind the product is giving back with a donation in support of the Calumet Theatre. Richard Anderson, Partner at Iron Fish Dis...
Oct 14, 2019
Bay College Adds Additional 'Wizard of Oz' Performance
Upon recently reaching capacity and selling out tickets to the public at large for all performance dates, an additional performance date has been announced for the Wizard of Oz musical at Bay College....
Oct 14, 2019
Escanaba Man Killed In Grand Rapids Construction Zone
An Upper Peninsula man was killed by a driver in a construction zone in Grand Rapids last Thursday. Grand Rapids Police have identified 60-year-old Ronald Matthew Hughes from Escanaba as the worker hi...
Oct 14, 2019
DNR Firefighters Have Big Job Across U.P.
Did you ever drive through a beautiful Michigan forest, admiring the stately white birches, the colorful maples or the towering pines, and wonder who protects these places in the event of a wildfire? ...
Oct 13, 2019 Firefighters led by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources conducted a prescribed burn May 8, 2018 at Fayette Historic State Park in Delta County. This was the first time a fire was burned by the DNR for historical purposes, that being to re-open what would have been the infield of the half-mile, oval-shaped horse-racing track. The fire cleared brush and woody vegetation, including ground juniper and cedar. Five of 15 acres prescribed were burned. Thirteen DNR firefighters were working on the prescribed burn, assisted by Fayette park staff and a half-dozen firefighters from the Garden Township Fire Department.
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Local News from the RRN News Center
DATA To Begin Offering Saturday Daytime Service This Weekend
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Superior Health Foundation Doles Out $407,000 In Grants
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SAFETY FIRST: Tips For Hunters As Firearm Season Approaches
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