Category Archives: News

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan House Bills 4616 and 4617 to protect LGBTQ+ youth by prohibiting conversion therapy for minors. Michigan joins 21 other states in banning the harmful practi...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH JANEL CROOKS, US FOREST SERVICE Grand Island National Recreation Area is a popular destination for campers and day-trippers alike, and for good reason. The Isl...

The Superior Arts Youth Theater, Marquette's regional non-profit youth theater, has announced the selection of Becky Heldt as its new Executive Director, and Sara Parks as its new Artistic Director. B...

The largest trapping event in North America will be held July 27-29 at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. Many legendary trappers from around the U.S. will be selling their wares, givi...

The Negaunee Electric Department, the community's locally owned, not-forprofit utility and the City of Negaunee, announced the commencement for its south side additions of two 7.5 MVA transformers tha...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a new economic agreement building on our longstanding economic relationship through a new partnership that will increase trade, attract i...

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee approved bipartisan, bicameral legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to settle the longstanding land claims of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is expanding access to health care for more than 5 million people living in 39 states and Puerto R...

Today, Rep. Jack Bergman sent a letter to the U.S. Forest Service outlining his concerns with the sudden and extended closures of Forest Service campgrounds in the Hiawatha National Forest. The letter...

The UP Regional Blood Center (UPRBC) is experiencing a critical need for A positive, A negative and O negative blood types. The UPRBC has collection sites in Marquette, Hancock and Escanaba and is the...