Category Archives: News

Bay College Pleased With NMU Transfer Announcement
Bay College officials are pleased with Northern Michigan University's decision to allow students to transfer more credits from community colleges to an NMU degree. Starting this fall, NMU will increas...
Jack Hall Jan 23, 2019

Lake State Fraternity Hosting Fishing Tournament
Lake Superior State University's chapter of social fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) calls all area ice fishermen to the second-annual Fishing for a Cure tournament, to be held 6 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday...
Jack Hall Jan 23, 2019

Advocate Aurora Health Buys Marinette Hospital
Advocate Aurora Health announced today that the health system has signed an agreement to assume full ownership of Bay Area Medical Center. The hospital - to be renamed Aurora Medical Center - Bay Area...
Jack Hall Jan 23, 2019

Walmart Raising Michigan Truck Driver Wages
almart is announcing today a $14M investment in driver wages. This investment represents Walmart's commitment to maintaining its position as one of the best jobs in the transportation industry and the...
Jack Hall Jan 23, 2019

State Issues Report On PFAS In Deer Herd
Today the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) released the final report detailing the findings from the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) deer testing in Michigan. The re...
Jack Hall Jan 23, 2019

Bergman To Serve 2nd Term On Veterans Affairs Committee
Congressman Jack Bergman announced that he will be returning to the House Veterans Affairs Committee in the 116th Congress. He has served for two years on the committee where he helped author groundbr...
Jack Hall Jan 22, 2019

VA Expanding Veteran Suicide Prevention Efforts
On average, 20 Veterans complete suicide every day. That is 7,300 Veteran deaths a year due to suicide, which is more than double the 2,996 deaths on September 11, 2001. Suicide prevention among Veter...
Jack Hall Jan 22, 2019

Upper Peninsula Tribe Gets Healthy Michigan Grant
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) recently awarded $300,000 in grants to five local health departments throughout the state to implement Michigans Health and Wellness 4 x 4 ...
Jack Hall Jan 22, 2019

Michigan Gas Prices Rise By Six Cents Overnight
Gas prices in Michigan are back on the rise, after declining an average total of 11 cents in 10 days. Tuesday's state average of $2.12 per gallon is 6 cents higher than yesterday, and the same price a...
Jack Hall Jan 22, 2019

Blood Drives Scheduled Across Upper Peninsula
A series of blood drives will be held across the Upper Peninsula to help the Upper Peninsula Regional Blood Center, which serves the needs of 13 UP. hospitals. The schedule: Upcoming Blood Drives thro...
Jack Hall Jan 22, 2019

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