Category Archives: News

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) released a statement and video to announce he will not seek reelection in 2026. Below are excerpts from his statement. For the full statement, click here. "I have alway...

UP Health System - Marquette (UPHS - Marquette), in collaboration with other local health professionals and stakeholders, is building a road map to health for the people of Marquette County, identifyi...

The Escanaba Downtown Development Authority is recommending that the Escanaba City Council approve a Social District for a portion of the downtown. DDA Chair Sue Parker said the social district would ...

Attorneys for the Department of Attorney General gave oral arguments Monday before Judge James S. Jamo of the Ingham County Circuit Court in Nessel v. Enbridge, seeking to shut down Line 5 in the Stra...

Michigan State Police (MSP) Gladstone Post troopers have arrested a 56-year-old man from Green Bay, Wisconsin for possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of analogues. On ...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH LANCE BINONIEMI, MITA The Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA) announced it had delivered documents to each legislator highlighting ...

With the re-certification as a Redevelopment Ready Community, businesses in downtown Escanaba are now able to apply for a state Match on Main grant to improve or upgrade their business. The $25,000 gr...

The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Author's Association (UPPAA) is excited to announce that the Young Writers Storytelling Workshop will be back for a second year and has grown since its debut in 2024...

First National's Project Teddy Bear program committee is pleased to announce that the 2024 holiday season drive collected nearly 500 new stuffed toys for donation to local emergency responders, crisis...

Elmer Alexanderson of Norway, Michigan, celebrated his 102-year birthday January 23 at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center. Mr. Alexanderson served in the Army during World War II from 1943 to 1945...