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Conditions Deteriorating As Blizzard Hits Upper Peninsula
EARLY SNOWFALL TOTALS AS OF 10:15 PM EST/9:15 PM CST SUNDAY Iron Mountain 2.5 inches Trowbridge Park (Marquette) 3.9 inches Florence, Wisconsin 7.8 incheS Including the cities of Seney, Escanaba, Mani...
Jack Hall Dec 28, 2025

UPPCO Crews Bracing For Outages As Blizzard Approaches
Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is reminding its customers, and the public, that winter weather patterns can - and often do - produce high winds and accumulations of wet, heavy snow that can aff...
Jack Hall Dec 28, 2025

BLIZZARD WARNING: Major Winter Storm Approaching U.P.
Including the cities of Escanaba, Gladstone, Manistique, and Seney ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... Blizzard conditions expected. A light glaze of ice possible Sun...
Jack Hall Dec 27, 2025

Porcupine Mountains Artist Residency Applications Now Available
Applications are now being accepted for the Porcupine Mountains Artist-in-Residence Program for 2026 spring, summer and fall and 2027 winter residency periods. The Artist-in-Residence Program is open ...
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Attorney General Sues Feds Over Great Lakes Ballast Water
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel led a coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection A...
Jack Hall Dec 27, 2025

Bergman Promoting Veteran Spinal Cord Injury Legislation
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-MI), Chairman Mike Bost (R-IN), Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO), and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced the Veterans STAND Act - bipartisan legislation aimed at closing gaps in the Dep...
Jack Hall Dec 26, 2025

UPDATE: Manistique Police Have Suspect In Convenience Store Robbery
UPDATE 12/25/25: Manistique Public Safety has identified a person of interest in the Apple Barrel store robbery. Authorities are not releasing the name of the suspect. They thank the public for its ti...
Jack Hall Dec 26, 2025

Eastern U.P. Lawmaker Applauds Federal Wolf De-Listing Legislation
State Rep. Parker Fairbairn celebrated congressional approval for an effort to return wolf management responsibilities to the states. The plan, approved by the U.S. House of Representatives last week,...
Jack Hall Dec 24, 2025

Wisconsin Man Dies In Western U.P. Snowmobile Crash
At approximately 10:31 a.m. on December 21, 2025, troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Wakefield Post and deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a snowmobi...
Jack Hall Dec 23, 2025

SHOP WITH COP: State Police Help Western UP Girl Battling Cancer
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH MSP LT BEN ECKOLA https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-little-vialah-fight-childhood-cancer Instead of Santa and his sleigh, Michigan State Police (MSP) troopers ab...
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Escanaba, MI, USA
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Marquette, MI, USA
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Manistique, MI, USA
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Local News from the RRN News Center
Red Cross Releases Report On Volunteerism In U.P., Wisconsin
Mar 05, 2026
State Giving Away Naloxone To Help Prevent Overdose Deaths
Mar 05, 2026
U.P. Congressman Bergman Introduces Reforestation Legislation
Mar 04, 2026
Attorney General Highlights Consumer Protection Successes
Mar 04, 2026
Two Arrested On Drug Smuggling Charges At Newberry Prison
Mar 04, 2026
Rx Kids Progam For Mothers Expands To All Of Upper Peninsula
Mar 03, 2026
DNR Awards 27 Invasive Species Grants; Five In Upper Peninsula
Mar 03, 2026
Weekend Snowmobile Crash Kills Eastern U.P. Man
Mar 03, 2026
Escanaba's Harbor Tower Evacuated After Early-Morning Fire
Mar 01, 2026











