Category Archives: News

Keweenaw County Road Rage Incident Investigated
UPDATE: 05/12/2019, 1230 Hrs. Suspect has been located. Deputies from the Keweenaw County Sheriff's Office are investigating a Hit and Run, Road Rage incident that occurred at approximately 3:52PM in ...
Jack Hall May 12, 2019

Ontonagon County Has New Conservation Board
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) will conduct the first meeting of the Ontonagon Conservation District's newly appointed Board of Directors on May 14, 2019. Under a...
Jack Hall May 12, 2019

Governor Orders Michigan Flags Lowered Monday
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and on all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff on Monday, May 13, 2019, to honor the life and service...
Jack Hall May 12, 2019

Fire Marshal Says Mothers Day Is 'Push Button' Day
With almost 70 percent of the state's residential fire fatalities involving someone over the age of 40 in the last two years, State Fire Marshal Kevin Sehlmeyer today is urging Michiganders to Push th...
Jack Hall May 12, 2019

Road Project Starts Monday In Eastern U.P.
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $2.6 million to resurface 21.6 miles of M-123 from I-75 to H-40 in Mackinac and Chippewa counties. The work starts on Monday, and wi...
Jack Hall May 11, 2019

Governor Makes Appointment To Mackinac Commission
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced the following appointment to the Mackinac Island State Park Commission. Phillip Pierce, a Democrat of Grosse Pointe Shores, is a managing member of Pierce, Mo...
Jack Hall May 11, 2019

Blood Drives Planned Across Upper Peninsula
A series of blood drives are planned across the Upper Peninsula over the next couple of weeks to help the U.P. Regional Blood Center in Marquette, which serves 13 Upper Peninsula hospitals. Here is th...
Jack Hall May 11, 2019

Michigan Celebrates Wines Produced In State
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared May to be "Michigan Wine Month" to honor our state's wide selection of quality wines and the wine industry's significant contribution to the economy. The number ...
Jack Hall May 11, 2019

Man Sentenced For Bringing Heroin To Upper Peninsula
U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Jimmie "Peanut" Butler was sentenced on May 9, 2019, to 262 months' incarceration followed by 10 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribut...
Jack Hall May 11, 2019

ATC Preparing For New Mackinac Straits Cables
American Transmission Co. will begin soil boring testing the week of May 13 in preparation for the planned replacement of ATC's 138,000-volt submarine electric cables crossing the Straits of Mackinac ...
Jack Hall May 11, 2019

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