Category Archives: News

Rep. Bergman Asking Trump To Approve Ice Storm Damage Relief
Michigan's Republican Congressional Delegation, led by U.P. Congressman Jack Bergman, sent a letter to President Trump requesting that he overturn FEMA's denial of Public Assistance funding for public...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

House Passes Prestin Bill To Name Highway After Fallen Soldier
State Rep. Dave Prestin is celebrating the passage of his House Bill 4351, which would designate a stretch of U.S. Highway 41 as the Specialist David Anthony Wilkey Jr. Memorial Highway. Wilkey was ki...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

U.P. Lawmaker Pushes For 'Backup' Bear Hunting Licenses
State Rep. Parker Fairbairn is celebrating the House passage of his House Bill 4937, which creates a bear backup shooter hunting license. Current law does not allow for backup shooters during bear hun...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

U.P. Congressman Votes For Budget To Re-Open Government
Upper Peninsula Congressman Jack Bergman voted to end the longest government shutdown in American history on Wednesday night, a vote that he says will start restoring paychecks to federal employees, r...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

Marquette County United Way Auctioning Off Red Wings Memorabilia
The United Way of Marquette County is holding a raffle for a one-of-a-kind autographed Detroit Red Wing lithograph. This piece is commissioned by the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association, with only 10...
Jack Hall Nov 14, 2025

Peters Introduces Resolution Recognizing Edmund Fitzgerald
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an iron ore freighter that sank in Lake Superior approximate...
Jack Hall Nov 10, 2025

Prestin Introduces Bill To Help Rural Ambulance Services
State Rep. Dave Prestin has introduced legislation to offer small, basic life-support ambulance services additional flexibility, leading to enhanced services for patients. "This bill creates a path to...
Jack Hall Nov 10, 2025

M-DOT Releases Five-Year Plan; Upper Peninsula Projects On List
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH DAN WEINGARTEN, M-DOT The State Transportation Commission has approved the final version of the Michigan Department of Transportation 2026-2030 Five-Year Trans...
Jack Hall Nov 10, 2025

Heavy Snow Possible Sunday, Monday, Across Cental U.P.
Including the cities of Grand Marais, Gwinn, Marquette, and Munising ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY... Heavy lake effect snow. Additional snow accumulations between 2 ...
Jack Hall Nov 09, 2025

Michigan DNR Concerned About Oak Wilt Disease Across U.P.
CLICK BELOW TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH CHERYL NELSON, DNR Trees across Michigan are just wrapping up their display of fall color, with the reds, oranges and yellows of oak trees often taking c...
Jack Hall Nov 09, 2025

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Eastern U.P. Man Convicted Of Raping Teenaged Girl
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Iron Mtn. Woman Arrested On Drugs Charges In Wisconsin
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National Trails Day To Be Recognized In Marquette County
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