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Pictured Rocks Closing Sand Point Road For Culvert Replacement
Sand Point Road will be temporarily closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic east of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore boundary from approximately Oct. 2 through Oct. 8, 2025, for a culvert re...
Jack Hall Sep 25, 2025

DNR Predicts Strong Archery Deer Hunting Season In Southern Upper Peninsula
The Michigan DNR is out with its forecast for the archery deer hunting season, which starts October 1st and runs through November 14th. The following is ths summary for the Upper Peninsula. Informatio...
Jack Hall Sep 25, 2025

DNR Proposing Deer Hunting Regulation Changes On Beaver Island
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH JEREMY WOOD, MICHIGAN DNR Deer hunters on Beaver Island would have an additional 20 days of antlerless-only hunting under a DNR proposal to help simplify hunti...
Jack Hall Sep 25, 2025

Escanaba Schools Celebrate New Bleachers At Football Stadium
A ceremony was held Tuesday night to celebrate the brand new bleachers at the Escanaba football stadium. The Eskymo Fan Club spearheaded the $450,000 project, which stripped out all of the old wooden ...
Jack Hall Sep 24, 2025

UPAWS Planning 50th Anniversary Celebration In Mid-October
The Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter (UPAWS) will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary on Sunday, October 12, 2025, from 12 - 3 pm at the shelter location, 815 South State Highway M533, Gwinn. UP...
Jack Hall Sep 24, 2025

Nurses At Aspirus Ironwood Hospital File 'Unfair Labor Practice' Charge
MICHIGAN NURSES ASSOCIATION PRESS RELEASE Nurses at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital - through their union, the Michigan Nurses Association - have filed a federal unfair labor practice charge against the hos...
Jack Hall Sep 24, 2025

Bay College Hosting Card-Making Events For Upper Peninsula Veterans
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVEIW WITH RENEE STROM, BAY COLLEGE Bay College is again partnering with Iron Mountain's Oscar G Johnson VA Medical Center to support UP veterans. Students, faculty, and ...
Jack Hall Sep 22, 2025 American war veteran in a wheelchair with with German Shepherd in a cemetery at Day of Remembrance

M-DOT Gives More Details On Upcoming Escanaba US-2 Reconstruction Plans
CLICK TO HEAR PRESENTATION FROM DAVE BRADLEY, M-DOT CRYSTAL FALLS TSC ENGINEER More details on that huge three-year rebuild of U-S 2 through Escanaba, which is set to start in 2027 and run through 202...
Jack Hall Sep 22, 2025

VA Medical Center To Hold Town Hall Meetings Across Western U.P.
The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center will host a series of Veteran Town Hall and Q&A sessions across the Upper Peninsula this October. All veterans, along with their families and friends, are en...
Jack Hall Sep 22, 2025

Upper Peninsula Arts, Culture Conference Set For Saturday In Escanaba
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH PHILLIP RICE, UP ARTS & CULTURE The Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance is proud to host its Third Annual Conference on Saturday, September 27, 2025,...
Jack Hall Sep 22, 2025

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Michigan Senator Peters Supports Veterans Burial Legislation
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Red Cross Releases Report On Volunteerism In U.P., Wisconsin
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State Giving Away Naloxone To Help Prevent Overdose Deaths
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U.P. Congressman Bergman Introduces Reforestation Legislation
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Attorney General Highlights Consumer Protection Successes
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