Category Archives: News
Caregiver Incentive Project To Dole Out Five Scholarships
Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP), the nonprofit organization focused on improving the lives of the cared for by supporting caregivers, continues its scholarship program and is now accepting applicati...
Jack Hall Mar 31, 2022
DNR: Fuelwood-Cutting Permits Available Starting On Friday
Want to cut firewood for personal use in a Michigan state forest? Fuelwood permits will be available from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources beginning Friday, April 1, with a new online purc...
Jack Hall Mar 31, 2022
Bay College Holding Nurse's Aide Training Courses In April
Bay College's Workforce Training Division is offering a new healthcare certificate program in phlebotomy, which is the process of drawing and preparing blood for medical testing, transfusion, and dona...
Jack Hall Mar 31, 2022
Houghton County Sheriff Warns Of More 'Sextortion' Schemes
The Houghton County Sheriff's Office has had several members of the community reporting possible "sextortion" schemes on social media and through text messaging services. This report comes after the M...
Jack Hall Mar 31, 2022
Marquette County Man Arrested On Sexual Misconduct Charges
A 44-year-old Marquette County man has been arrested on charges that he had sexual contact with several underage girls, over the course of several years. The Forsyth Township Police Department says th...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2022
Nessel Wants Parents To Have Access To Kids' Snapchat, TikTok
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general - led by Attorneys General Lynn Fitch (MS) and Josh Stein (NC) - wrote TikTok and Snapchat this week to urge th...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2022
State Offering COVID Home-Testing Kits At Three U.P. Libraries
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has expanded its efforts to provide free, at-home testing kits to underserved areas of the state by providing test kits to additional libra...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2022
Vacant Building To Be Redeveloped In Downtown Houghton
A community revitalization project that will bring new housing and vitality to downtown Houghton has received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation an...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2022
Whitmer Signs Infrastructure Bills; $20 Million For U.P.'s Copper Peak
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed the Building Michigan Together Plan, a bipartisan plan to invest nearly $5 billion in Michigan's infrastructure, grow the economy, create jobs, and benefit famil...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2022
Another Winter Storm To Bring Snow, Ice To Upper Peninsula
Including the cities of Ontonagon, Ironwood, Iron River, Iron Mountain, Kenton, and Sidnaw ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ WED...
Jack Hall Mar 29, 2022
Escanaba, MI, USA
57 °F Sunny
Marquette, MI, USA
57 °F Partly cloudy
Manistique, MI, USA
54 °F Partly cloudy
Munising, MI, USA
52 °F Sunny
Iron Mountain, MI, USA
67 °F Partly cloudy