Category Archives: News
Delta County Airport Holds Emergency Training Exercise
On 13 May 2019 the Delta County Airport conducted a full scale training exercise with numerous agencies from the local area. The purpose of this exercise was to train each agencies specific function i...
May 14, 2019
Flags Lowered For Fallen Officers; U.P. Memorial Wednesday
The Michigan State Police Negaunee Post, Alger County Sheriff's Department, and Munising City Police Department are hosting the 2019 Upper Peninsula Peace Officers Memorial. This ceremony will be held...
May 14, 2019
Plane From U.P. Missing In Lake Michigan
Two men from the Upper Peninsula are missing after their small plane disappeared over Lake Michigan Sunday night west of Frankfort.....southwest of Traverse City. Benzie County Sheriff Ted Schendel sa...
May 13, 2019
Escanaba Wins National Reading Month Photo Contest
State Rep. Beau LaFave of Iron Mountain announced today that Escanaba Upper Elementary School has won Delta Dental's National Reading Month photo contest. The school is one of four in the state that w...
May 13, 2019
Peters Supports Stopping Payments To Dead People
U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined his colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation that would save millions of taxpayer d...
May 13, 2019
Hiawatha Conducting Prescribed Burns Near Rapid River
The Forest Service is notifying the public of prescribed fires that may be conducted in the central upper peninsula in the near future. Current weather forecasts suggest suitable burning weather may o...
May 13, 2019
Alcohol, Speed Believed Factors In ATV Accident
On Saturday May 11th 2019 at approximately 12:14 pm Deputies responded to an ATV crash on Hwy 141 near Townline Rd in Hematite Township. The ATV was traveling in the ditch along side highway 141 when ...
May 13, 2019
Forest Service Wraps Up Prescribed Burns In Eastern U.P.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 7 and 8, 019, Hiawatha National Forest fire personnel successfully conducted two prescribed fires in the Raco, Michigan, area. The 573-acre Rifle Range Prescribed Fire an...
May 13, 2019
Motorcyclist Collides With Parked Car In Marquette Co.
The Marquette County Sheriff's Office responded to a one vehicle/motorcycle crash that hit a parked vehicle Saturday afternoon. The rider came up over a crest of a hill too fast on Co. Rd. PBG and ran...
May 13, 2019
Logjam Reported On Delta County's Whitefish River
The Delta County Sheriff's Office has received a report of a log jam blocking the east branch of the Whitefish River just south of 38th Rd. Log jams and swift moving water can be serious hazards for p...
May 12, 2019
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Local News from the RRN News Center
Marquette County Not Pursuing State Disaster Assistance
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Michigan DNR Assessing Damage From Blizzard In Parks, Forests
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Iron Industry Museum Closed; Heavy Snow Damaged Roof
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STORM STORIES: Marquette Utility Handled Blizzard Well
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Two-Year-Old Boy Found Dead In Ironwood Township Home
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One Person Dead, Three Injured In Pembine House Fire
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Red Cross Asking For Blood Donations After Blizzard Cancelations
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Six Grants Coming To U.P. For America 250th Anniversary Programs
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Escanaba Public Works Continues Massive Snow Removal Efforts
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