Category Archives: News

Railroad Day Set Friday At U.P. State Fairgrounds; Convention Continues At Casino
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH JOHN PICKARD, LOCOMOTIVE PRESERVATION To Celebrate the third anniversary of the founding of the Gladstone Michigan Soo Line Steam Engine #730 Authority, they w...
Jack Hall Sep 13, 2024

Northern Initiatives Gets Grant To Help Local Businesses Become 'Climate Resilient'
Northern Initiatives, a nonprofit lender, has been awarded $250,000 to help entrepreneurs throughout Michigan become more climate resilient. The grant, from Opportunity Finance Network's Financial Jus...
Jack Hall Sep 13, 2024

Michigan Senator Concerned About Chinese Automakers Operating In USA
Michigan U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, along with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), are pressing several Chinese aut...
Jack Hall Sep 13, 2024

DNR Says Oak Wilt Disease Detected In Some Marquette County Trees
Oak wilt infections have been confirmed in two stands of trees in southwest Marquette County, signaling additional spread of the often-fatal oak tree fungus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Additional a...
Jack Hall Sep 13, 2024

Superior Health Foundation Doles Out $548K To U.P. Mental Health Programs
The Superior Health Foundation Board of Directors is proud to announce the approval of $548,477.49 for year two of its Proactive Pediatric Mental Health Grants to organizations addressing pressing men...
Jack Hall Sep 13, 2024

Event To Bless Monarch Butterflies Set Thursday At Stonington Lighthouse
CLICK BELOW TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH LANNI LANTTO, UP WILD DIRECTOR UPWild of Delta County will be hosting a "Blessing of the Monarch Butterflies" on Thursday, September 12 at 5pm at Peninsu...
Jack Hall Sep 12, 2024

State's Official Christmas Tree Selected From Northern Lower Michigan Yard
The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) has selected the official 2024 state Christmas tree, a 60-foot spruce from Eagle in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Eagle residents Ri...
Jack Hall Sep 12, 2024

Bergman Objects To VA Voter Registration Drive In Democratic Areas
CLICK BELOW TO HEAR CONGRESSMAN BERGMAN'S COMMENTS Congressman Jack Bergman emphasized the need for transparency from the Biden Administration during a House Veteran Affairs Committee hearing. Recentl...
Jack Hall Sep 11, 2024

Ironwood Man Gets Ten Years In Prison For Stealing Gun, Threatening To KIll People
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Robert Lee Reynolds, 28, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Ironwood, Michigan, was sentenced for possessing a stol...
Jack Hall Sep 11, 2024

State Urges Residents To Apply For Home Heating Tax Credits; Deadline Sept. 30
Tax credits are not just for tax season. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is partnering with the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM) to encourage...
Jack Hall Sep 11, 2024

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Local News from the RRN News Center
Marquette County Not Pursuing State Disaster Assistance
16h ago
Michigan DNR Assessing Damage From Blizzard In Parks, Forests
17h ago
Iron Industry Museum Closed; Heavy Snow Damaged Roof
18h 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













