Category Archives: News
New U.P. State Fair Manager Valiquette Preparing For Big Event
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH UP STATE FAIR MGR MATT VALIQUETTE The Upper Peninsula State Fair is under new leadership, with Matt Valiquette taking over as the manager of the weeklong event...
Aug 03, 2023
Mid Peninsula Schools Asking For Millage Increase Tuesday's Election
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH SUPERINTENDENT ERIC VANDAMME The Mid Peninsula School District is asking for a millage increase in next Tuesday's election to raise money for building repairs ...
Aug 03, 2023
Hiawatha National Forest Looking To Re-Open Closed Eastern U.P. Campgrounds
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH JANEL CROOKS, U.S. FOREST SERVICE The Hiawatha National Forest says it's working to re-open campgrounds that were abruptly closed when a concessionaire stopped...
Aug 03, 2023
Escanaba Art Week Culminates With Waterfront Art Festival On Saturday
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH KATE OMAN, BONAFIS ART CENTER ---Victoria LaFave and Craig Worepel contributed to this report--- Downtown Escanaba is celebrating Art Week this week, ending wi...
Aug 03, 2023
Forgotten Eagles Coming To Manistique Thursday; Vietnam Wall To Follow
CLICK TO LISTEN TO JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH PAUL WALKER, MANISTIQUE VFW The Forgotten Eagles will visit Manistique this Thursday night at the Schoolcraft County Veterans Memorial and the Schoolcraft...
Aug 03, 2023
Ishpeming, Partridge Creek Using Federal Grant To Build New Composting Site
The City of Ishpeming and Partridge Creek Compost (PCC) have secured a $300,000 federal USDA grant to create a world class, centrally located, composting facility within Marquette County that will ben...
Aug 01, 2023
UPDATE: Tonight's Mega Millions Jackpot Grows To $1.1 BILLION; May Get Bigger
The Mega Millions jackpot for tonight's drawing has increased to $1.1 billion. Michigan Players have already purchased nearly two million tickets at retailers for tonight's drawing. Sales are expected...
Aug 01, 2023
DNR Says Mysterious Water Source Confirmed In Ontonagon County
While the source of water supplying two residences and an unregulated trailside spigot has been confirmed in Ontonagon County's Greenland Township, the search for a safe, viable and affordable water s...
Aug 01, 2023 Staffers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources search for a water source in Ontonagon County's Greenland Township on July 17, 2023.
Crowdfunding Campaign Launched For Gladstone New Pickleball Courts
Gladstone Area Pickleball will create a professional-level pickleball facility at the John and Melissa Besse Sports Park through the anticipated success of a crowdfunding campaign, the Michigan Econom...
Jul 31, 2023
Water Outage For Block On Escanaba's South Side After Main Damaged
Escanaba Residents living in the areas of the 500 Block of 9th Street are experiencing a water outage today. City officials say it's because of damage to a water main, although it was not stated how t...
Jul 31, 2023
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Local News from the RRN News Center
Western U.P. Gets $1 Million From EPA For Brownfield Cleanup
Jul 02, 2026
Michigan DNR Launches New Survey About Wild Turkey Population
Jul 02, 2026
Chocolay Township Completes Work On New Volleyball Courts
Jul 02, 2026
Michigan Energy Emergency Extended For Rest Of Summer
Jul 02, 2026
State Police Using College Students For Cold Case Probes
Jun 30, 2026
Local Fireworks Displays Planned To Celebrate America 250
Jun 30, 2026
Hannahville Police Chief Details Response To Threat At Casino
Jun 30, 2026
Ishpeming Gears Up For Big Independence Day Celebration
Jun 30, 2026
Michigan Fireworks Rules Explained As Holiday Approaches
Jun 28, 2026
