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Escanaba Plans Trick-Or-Treating Event Sunday Evening At Center Court
Trick-or-Treaters with food allergies, diabetes or other complications preventing them from accepting candy can participate in a trunk-or-treat Sunday in downtown Escanaba. The Spooktacular Trunk-or-T...
Jack Hall Oct 20, 2023

U.P. Lawmakers Unhappy With Energy Legislation Pushed By Democrats
State Reps. Dave Prestin, Greg Markkanen, and Neil Friske were shocked when legislation stripping local control and handing additional power to unelected bureaucrats passed the House Energy Committee ...
Jack Hall Oct 20, 2023

Downtown Marquette Making Changes To Annual 'Ladies Night Out' Event
Things make a change for this annual downtown event! Instead of being held at night from 4-8 PM, Ladies Night Out makes a change to Ladies Day Out so that more people can take advantage of this event ...
Jack Hall Oct 20, 2023

Nurses At Marinette's Bay Area Medical Center Reach Tentative Cotract Agreement
Nurses and healthcare professionals reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with Aurora executives late in the evening last night. "We are proud of this deal. Thanks to the solidarity that un...
Jack Hall Oct 20, 2023

McBroom Leads Effort To Push Army Corps, Whitmer To Approve Straits Tunnel
State Sen. Ed McBroom and all 18 members of the Senate Republican caucus on Wednesday sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer urging them to expedite the state and ...
Jack Hall Oct 19, 2023

State Rep. Hill: Local Control On Wind, Solar Projects Must Be Maintained
Democratic lawmakers introduced a package of bills last week, the Clean Energy and Jobs Act, to help Michigan meet its renewable energy goals, create good-paying union jobs and uphold the rights of la...
Jack Hall Oct 19, 2023

More U.P. Lawmakers Oppose Designating Part Of Ottawa Forest As 'Wilderness'
A pair of U.P. state legislators announed their opposition Wednesday to what they call a "downstate effort to dictate the future of land in the U.P." State representatives Dave Prestin (R-Cedar River)...
Jack Hall Oct 19, 2023

Deadline Approaching For NMU Rural Health Student Essay Contest
High school seniors who reside in the Upper Peninsula and plan to pursue studies in a healthcare-related field at a college or university next fall are invited to participate in the fourth annual Nati...
Jack Hall Oct 19, 2023

Ishpeming School District To Open Hema-Tyke Childcare & Education Center
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH SUPERINTENDENT CARRIE MEYER After some two years of planning, the Ishpeming Schools is finally opening its Hema-Tyke Childcare and Education Center. Ishpeming ...
Jack Hall Oct 19, 2023

OSF Health Care Foundation Holding Annual 'Heart Of Gold' Fundraiser
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH JEAN ARVAN, OSF FOUNDATION The 24th annual OSF HealthCare Foundation Heart of Gold dinner will be held Thursday, October 26, 2023 at the Island Resort & Ca...
Jack Hall Oct 18, 2023

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