Category Archives: News
Christmas Candy Cane/Food Drive Labeled A Success In Gladstone
The Gladstone Public Safety Department says that its annual Candy Cane and canned food drive was a success on Sunday evening. The department says people donated 39-hundred-20 pounds of non-perishable ...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021
Winter Storm Warning Issued For Parts Of Upper Peninsula
A quick-hitting winter storm is coming for parts of the Upper Peninsula Tuesday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Manistique area, as well as over into Mackinac C...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021
Health Dept. Worried About Running Low On COVID-19 Treatments
While Luce, Mackinac, Alger, and Schoolcraft counties continue battling the Delta variant of COVID-19, we are beginning to see a much more serious picture of the latest variant, Omicron. While there a...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021
Longtime Alger, Schoolcraft District Court Judge Retiring Jan. 1
After 20 years dispensing justice from the bench in Alger and Schoolcraft Counties, one of the central Upper Peninsula's senior judges is hanging up his robe for the last time. The Honorable Mark E. L...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021
Upper Peninsula Adds 143 New Cases; Three New Deaths Over Weekend
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced 13,999 new positive coronavirus test results and 97 new COVID-related deaths over the past three days. State officials also che...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021
Foreign Company To Buy Verso; Plans To Covert Escanaba Mill
Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS) ("Verso") on Monday announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which BillerudKorsns AB ("BillerudKorsns") will acquire all of the outstanding ...
Jack Hall Dec 19, 2021 Verso Corporation (PRNewsFoto/Verso Corporation)
Bay College To Offer Nurse Aide Training Courses In January
Bay College is offering a 96-hour Nurse Aide training beginning Monday, January 10, 2022. The Nurse Assistant Training Program provides classroom instruction and hands-on clinical training to prepare ...
Jack Hall Dec 17, 2021
Whitmer Announces Tax Credits To Help Small Business Owners
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces tax credits up to $9,600 to help employers and small business owners hire Michiganders for good-paying jobs to help fill labor shortages and grow the economy. The g...
Jack Hall Dec 17, 2021
Most Delta County Schools Close After 'Tik Tok Challenge' Threats
The Escanaba, Gladstone, Bark River-Harris, Rapid River, Mid Peninsula, and Hannahville Schools are all closed today due to "National tit-tok challenge" school threats. The challenge suggests numerous...
Jack Hall Dec 17, 2021
Four Upper Peninsula Businesses Receive State Assistance
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced that 28 communities across Michigan have been awarded a total of $1,011,057 in grants aimed at supporting small local businesses to create resiliency and stre...
Jack Hall Dec 16, 2021
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