Category Archives: News

Gilmer Promoted To Sergeant At Wakefield State Police Post
The Michigan State Police Wakefield Post is pleased to announce the recent promotion of a new sergeant. Sergeant James Gilmer has been a dedicated member of the MSP for over twenty-five years prior to...
Jack Hall Nov 16, 2025

Fuelwood Permits Available For U.P. State Forest Lands
If you're feeling a budget pinch this fall, consider "shopping" for firewood from dead or downed trees in a state forest near you. Fuelwood permits cost $20 and allow collection of fuelwood for person...
Jack Hall Nov 16, 2025

Rep. Bergman Asking Trump To Approve Ice Storm Damage Relief
Michigan's Republican Congressional Delegation, led by U.P. Congressman Jack Bergman, sent a letter to President Trump requesting that he overturn FEMA's denial of Public Assistance funding for public...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

House Passes Prestin Bill To Name Highway After Fallen Soldier
State Rep. Dave Prestin is celebrating the passage of his House Bill 4351, which would designate a stretch of U.S. Highway 41 as the Specialist David Anthony Wilkey Jr. Memorial Highway. Wilkey was ki...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

U.P. Lawmaker Pushes For 'Backup' Bear Hunting Licenses
State Rep. Parker Fairbairn is celebrating the House passage of his House Bill 4937, which creates a bear backup shooter hunting license. Current law does not allow for backup shooters during bear hun...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

U.P. Congressman Votes For Budget To Re-Open Government
Upper Peninsula Congressman Jack Bergman voted to end the longest government shutdown in American history on Wednesday night, a vote that he says will start restoring paychecks to federal employees, r...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

Marquette County United Way Auctioning Off Red Wings Memorabilia
The United Way of Marquette County is holding a raffle for a one-of-a-kind autographed Detroit Red Wing lithograph. This piece is commissioned by the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association, with only 10...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

Peters Introduces Resolution Recognizing Edmund Fitzgerald
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an iron ore freighter that sank in Lake Superior approximate...
Jack Hall Nov 10, 2025

Prestin Introduces Bill To Help Rural Ambulance Services
State Rep. Dave Prestin has introduced legislation to offer small, basic life-support ambulance services additional flexibility, leading to enhanced services for patients. "This bill creates a path to...
Jack Hall Nov 10, 2025

M-DOT Releases Five-Year Plan; Upper Peninsula Projects On List
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH DAN WEINGARTEN, M-DOT The State Transportation Commission has approved the final version of the Michigan Department of Transportation 2026-2030 Five-Year Trans...
Jack Hall Nov 10, 2025

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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











