Category Archives: News

Grant Awarded To Help Michigan Special Needs Kids
Children with special needs will have better access to their homes and communities through the purchase of ceiling and stair lifts thanks to a Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation grant. The Michigan Depar...
Jack Hall Feb 02, 2019

School Bus, Vehicle Collide In Chocolay Township
At approximately 3:10 pm today, a Marquette Area School bus was struck by another vehicle in Chocolay Township. The vehicle was traveling east on County Road 480 near Little Lake Road when the school ...
Jack Hall Feb 01, 2019

Marquette Food Co-Op Launches 'Round-Up' Program
While the partial government shutdown has temporarily ceased, local food pantries have experienced an influx of visitors and food distributed over the past few weeks. To help them replenish their shel...
Jack Hall Feb 01, 2019

Michigan Moves To Defend Affordable Care Act
Attorney General Dana Nessel, with the support of and in coordination with Governor Gretchen Whitmer, filed a motion late Thursday on behalf of the State of Michigan to intervene in a federal lawsuit ...
Jack Hall Feb 01, 2019

LaFave Calls On Governor To Support Straits Tunnel
State Rep. Beau LaFave of Iron Mountain today issued the following statement: "I am glad to see Gov. Whitmer finally coming around on the issue of keeping Michigan residents alive and warm this winter...
Jack Hall Feb 01, 2019

Escanaba Lost One Million Gallons In Water Main Break
PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR ROBERT LAMARCHE ADDRESSED THE MEDIA DELTA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR BOB BERBOHM ADDRESSES THE MEDIA A news conference was held Friday in Escanaba to give the communit...
Jack Hall Feb 01, 2019

Rules Relaxed For Taking Forest Wood For Fuel
Due to the extreme temperatures, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today suspended the requirement for fuelwood permits on state-managed forest lands and game areas to allow people to gather f...
Jack Hall Jan 31, 2019

Former Lawmakers Suggest More Gas Tax Increases
(Michigan Radio Network graphic) Two former Michigan legislative leaders are co-chairing a new project to make consensus recommendations on thorny public policy issues confronting the state. Their fir...
Jack Hall Jan 31, 2019

Escanaba Water Main Break Repaired; Road Re-Opens
LISTEN TO JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH JEFF LAMPI, CITY OF ESCANABA WATCH VIDEO OF THE ESCANABA WATER MAIN MESS COMMENTS FROM ESCANABA PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR ROBERT LAMARCHE The City of Escanaba has lif...
Jack Hall Jan 31, 2019

Northern Michigan University To Stay Closed
Northern Michigan University cancelled classes for a second straight day Thursday because of the severe cold weather. Now the university says that all evening classes for Thursday night have been canc...
Jack Hall Jan 31, 2019

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