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CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH KRISTI DAHLSTROM, DNR POCKET PARK The DNR Pocket Park is open as the Upper Peninsula State Fair begins in Escanaba. The Michigan DNR"s Krisiti Dahlstrom says t...

Back by popular demand, the crowd-appealing "K-9s in Flight" Dog Show will be at the U.P. State Fair this year. The show will be on the lawn in front of the grandstand offices every day during Fair we...

The U.P. State Fair will have 16 brand new holding pens this year for the swine, thanks to the generosity of local service groups. A total of $9,125 was donated to the U.P. State Fair Swine Department...

Northern Michigan University is partnering with Blackrocks Brewery in Marquette to launch Wildcat Gold, a new beer created by alumni, for alumni, in celebration of NMU's 125th anniversary. The gold la...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH HANNAH BRADBURN, PICTURED ROCKS The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of continuous service at the Au Sable Light Sta...

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $250,000 in preventive maintenance, including cleaning and coating of structural steel, on the M-28 bridge over Prairie Creek, in Al...

U.S. Senator Gary Peters visited Sault Ste. Marie this week as part of his annoual 800-mile-long motorcycle tour across Michigan. While in tje Soo, Peters highlighted the $450 million he secured as a ...

The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center has expanded its Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Hancock. The clinic remains at its current location, 787 Market Street, Suite 9, Hancock. The added ...

Marquette County Habitat for Humanity's newest home builds in Ishpeming will both be getting a free roof, thanks to local contractor Rainy Creek Construction and GAF, one of the country's largest roof...

The the final concert of the Strings on the Bay summer chamber music series is set for Tuesday, August 13 at 7:00pm ET in the Besse Theater on the Escanaba Bay College Campus. It will be "Land, Sea, a...