Category Archives: News

Dickinson County Primary Care Center Ribbon-Cutting
The Dickinson County Chamber of Commerce and many other Hospital supporters were on hand yesterday to participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Dickinson Primary Care Center. The Dickinson ...
Jack Hall May 07, 2019

Prescribed Burn Planned Today In Eastern U.P.
The Rifle Range Prescribed Fire project is 7 miles southwest of Raco and on the south side of M28 in T46N/R4W, Sections 30 & 31. The 573-acre burn will reduce hazardous fuel loadings within the wi...
Jack Hall May 07, 2019

Task Force Releases Report On Buffalo Reef Dredging
With dredging work set to start off the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior, the Buffalo Reef Task Force has prepared a summary responding to public comments made on a Draft Preliminary Alternatives A...
Jack Hall May 07, 2019

Peters Reintroduces Great Lakes Legislation
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Todd Young (R-IN) along with Representatives Dan Kildee (MI-05), Bill Huizenga (MI-02), Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and David Joyce (OH-14) today reintroduced bipartisa...
Jack Hall May 07, 2019

Michigan Senate Passes Auto Insurance Reform Bill
A comprehensive plan to lower auto insurance rates in the state was approved on Tuesday, said Sen. Ed McBroom, who voted in support of the reforms. Senate Bill 1 seeks to revise decades-old laws that ...
Jack Hall May 07, 2019

Five Local Bay Students Make LSSU Dean's List
Five area residents made Lake Superior State University's dean's list for the spring (January) 2019 semester. All are earning baccalaureate degrees through classes offered at LSSU's Regional Center on...
Jack Hall May 07, 2019

DEA Says Drug 'Take-Back' Event Successful
With enthusiastic participation nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners have now collected nearly 12 million pounds of unused or expired prescription medications over the course of 17 success...
Jack Hall May 07, 2019

Gray Hired As Ned Unemployment Agency Director
Steve Gray, 57, a professor and attorney with 30 years of expertise in unemployment insurance and administrative law, has been selected to lead Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). "It's an...
Jack Hall May 06, 2019

Record-High Water Levels Predicted On Great Lakes
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announces that record high water levels are forecasted on several of the Great Lakes over the next six months. Due to recent wet conditions, the six...
Jack Hall May 06, 2019

Senator Calls PFAS Contamination 'National Crisis'
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) released the following statement on the Environmental Working Group's new study released today mapping the PFAS crisis nationally that shows Michigan with the most contam...
Jack Hall May 06, 2019

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