Category Archives: News

Superior Health Foundation Gala Highlights, Supports Mental Health Programs
The Superior Health Foundation held its annual gala Saturday night, and officially doled out grants to several Upper Peninsula agencies that help with child mental health issues. The Northern Lights C...
Jack Hall Sep 30, 2024

DNR Fisheries Managers Doing Nighttime Surveys To Track Walleye
If you're on the water in late September to early October, be on the lookout for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel conducting nighttime walleye recruitment surveys. Fisheries managers...
Jack Hall Sep 30, 2024 Bass fish shocking survey on Woodland Lake in Livingston County, October, 2008.

Michigan The Beautiful: DNR Launches Survey, Webinars On Outdoors Use
Michigan's outdoors means many things to Michiganders: camping under the full fall colors, the tug of a fish on the line, hiking or biking a rail-trail, barbecuing in the park, the point of a good bir...
Jack Hall Sep 30, 2024

Michigan State Police Task Force Helping In North Carolina Hurricane Rescues
The Michigan State Police Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMHSD) has deployed Michigan Task Force 1's (MI-TF1) Type I Swiftwater Team through the Michigan Mutual Aid Box Alarm...
Jack Hall Sep 30, 2024

Nessel: Upper Peninsula Power Company Proposed Rate Increase Reduced
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved settlements in rate increase requests from the Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) on Thursday.Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel her interv...
Jack Hall Sep 26, 2024

Phase Two Of Soo Lock Project Completed; Project To Wrap Up In 2030
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District's New Lock at the Soo project in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, substantially completed Phase 2 (Upstream Approach Walls) contract on September 17. "Phase 2...
Jack Hall Sep 26, 2024

County Road Association Wants More Money To Upgrade Highways Across Michigan
Michigan's 83 county road agencies are struggling to make gains improving the deteriorating county road network, according to findings in the County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan's 2023 County Ro...
Jack Hall Sep 26, 2024

Lake Superior State University Awards Scholarship To Delta County Student
Lake Superior State University has awarded its Escanaba Regional Center Scholarship for the Fall 2024 semester to Allyson Lancour of Rock, Mich. Lancour is earning a baccalaureate degree in accounting...
Jack Hall Sep 26, 2024

Hill Legislation Giving Tax Break To Broadband Companies Passes State House
State Rep. Jenn Hill's (D-Marquette) House Bill 5682 passed the House chamber yesterday. The bill would exempt broadband grants from income tax, thereby increasing the funding available to expand acce...
Jack Hall Sep 26, 2024

Upper Peninsula Unemployment Rate Down From July, Up From Last Summer
Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates decreased in all 17 Michigan labor market areas over the month, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget...
Jack Hall Sep 26, 2024

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Local News from the RRN News Center
Marquette County Not Pursuing State Disaster Assistance
11h ago
Michigan DNR Assessing Damage From Blizzard In Parks, Forests
11h ago
Iron Industry Museum Closed; Heavy Snow Damaged Roof
12h ago
STORM STORIES: Marquette Utility Handled Blizzard Well
Mar 20, 2026
Two-Year-Old Boy Found Dead In Ironwood Township Home
Mar 20, 2026
One Person Dead, Three Injured In Pembine House Fire
Mar 20, 2026
Red Cross Asking For Blood Donations After Blizzard Cancelations
Mar 19, 2026
Six Grants Coming To U.P. For America 250th Anniversary Programs
Mar 19, 2026
Escanaba Public Works Continues Massive Snow Removal Efforts
Mar 19, 2026













