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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 3, 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 1, 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 1, 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 1, 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
Michigan DNR Looking To Update Maps Of State Forest Roads
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DNR Closing ORV Route In Western U.P. For Three Days
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MDHHS: Federal Requirements For Food Assistance Changing
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Mich. Unemployment System Closing On-Line System For Week
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Former Sault Little League Official Guilty Of Embezzlement
Oct 29, 2026
Prank Call Leads To Large Escanaba Police Response
Oct 29, 2026
Man Arrested After Assault, Standoff That Closed M-35
Oct 29, 2026
Embers Credit Union Breaks Ground On New Escanaba Facility
Oct 29, 2026
UPDATE: M-35 South Of Escanaba Re-Opens After Police Probe
Oct 28, 2026
