Category Archives: News

LaFave Supports Guardsmen Doing Road Work
Last month, state Rep. Beau LaFave called upon Gov. Rick Snyder to consider the activation of the National Guard to resume road projects across Michigan and the Upper Peninsula that are stopped by a l...
Jack Hall Sep 22, 2018

NMU Unveils Wildcat Statue; Honors '75 Football
Northern Michigan University continued Homecoming activities on Friday with the unveiling of a new statue in the heart of campus. It is named after former NMU Board member Gil Ziegler, and members of ...
Jack Hall Sep 21, 2018

MITA Offers To Work With National Guard On Roads
This statement is from Mike Nystrom, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA). Nystrom is commenting on discussions now underway between MITA and t...
Jack Hall Sep 21, 2018

Saturday Declared Falls Prevention Awareness Day
To promote awareness about the frequency and health impacts of falling, Sept. 22 has been declared Falls Prevention Awareness Day in Michigan by Gov. Rick Snyder. As part of that declaration, the Mich...
Jack Hall Sep 21, 2018

Final Adopt A Highway Pickup Starts Saturday
Volunteers will soon be scouring the roadsides looking for trash during the year's final Adopt-A-Highway pickup. Thousands of volunteers in the popular Michigan Department of Transportation (MD...
Jack Hall Sep 21, 2018

U.P. Doctor Charged With Giving Pills For Sex
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette Friday announced his criminal division has charged psychologist Michael Wallace Varney, 61, of Caspian, with 50 felony counts on allegations he provided patient...
Jack Hall Sep 21, 2018

Serious Injuries After Delta County Traffic Crash
On 9-21-18, at about 12:30am, Deputies with the Delta County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to M-35 near the county line in Ford River Twp for a semi vs car crash. The car, driven by 27 year old Bro...
Jack Hall Sep 21, 2018

Sault Ste. Marie 'Cash Mob' Returns On Saturday
The Downtown Sault Ste. Marie Cash Mob is back! This month's Cash Mob will be hosted Saturday September 22nd. Cash Mobs are flash sales that boost revenues and encourage the support of small business....
Jack Hall Sep 20, 2018

LaFave Legislation Protects People Who Rescue Pets
A bipartisan effort spearheaded by state Rep. Beau LaFave, of Iron Mountain, would grant criminal immunity to individuals who break a car window to help a distressed animal if they feel the situation ...
Jack Hall Sep 20, 2018

California Woman Dies In Pictured Rocks Fall
The National Park Service has released more information about a fatal accident that happened in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Wednesday. On September 19, 2018 at approximately 1:30 pm, 32-y...
Jack Hall Sep 20, 2018

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