Category Archives: News

Downtown Calumet Restoration Project Given Statewide Award
Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced four Michigan preservation projects were awarded Governor's Awards for Historic Preservation during a cerem...
Jack Hall May 04, 2023

Peters Reintroduces Veterans Burial Legislation Named After Kingsford Man
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) announced that he reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would expand Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) burial benefits eligibility to terminally ill veterans who pas...
Jack Hall May 04, 2023

Senator Peters Proposes Settling 150-Year Land Issue With U.P. Tribe
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) introduced Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) President Doreen Blaker before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs during a hearing to receive testimony on legislation...
Jack Hall May 04, 2023

Special Deals Offered For Adopting Pets At UPAWS Throughout May
The Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter in Marquette County, also known as UPAWS, has teamed up with the Bissell Pet Foundation to help local animals at the shelter find new loving homes through re...
Jack Hall May 04, 2023

Three Nigerians Charged In Sextorton Connected To Marquette Teen's Suicide
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN TO STATEMENT FROM U.S. ATTORNEY MARK TOTTEN U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging three Ni...
Jack Hall May 03, 2023

Superior Health Foundation Doles Out $155,00 In Spring Grant Celebration
The Superior Health Foundation (SHF) in Marquette awarded more than $155,000 in health-centered grant funding at its Spring Grants Celebration on Tuesday evening at the Holiday Inn in Marquette. The e...
Jack Hall May 03, 2023

Michigan Tech To Offer Nursing Program In Wake Of Finlandia Closure
The Michigan Tech University Board of Trustees has voted to approve a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Pending approval from Michigan Tech's institutional accreditor and the Michigan Board of N...
Jack Hall May 03, 2023

Michigan Tech University Board of Trustees Approves Building New Residence Hall
The Board of Trustees for Michigan Technological University voted to approve a number of new initiatives on campus, including plans to build a new residence hall for undergraduate students. Michigan T...
Jack Hall May 03, 2023

UPDATED: Upper Peninsula School District Election Results
The sinking fund millage proposal in the Munising Public Schools lost by a razor-margin in Tuesday's special election. The proposal failed by 23 votes, 456 no to 433 yes. The district was looking for ...
Jack Hall May 03, 2023

Upper Peninsula Native American Tribes Call For Line Five Shutdown
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) recommended that Canada and the United States decommission the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline. In the Final Report of its annual session,...
Jack Hall May 02, 2023

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