Category Archives: News
Plot To Smuggle Drugs Into Baraga Prison Stopped By Staff
MDOC staff at Baraga Correctional Facility (AMF) intercepted a package of contraband drugs when a visitor to the high-security prison tried to conceal them in a lobby restroom. The months long investi...
Oct 7, 2026
Northern Michigan University, Bay College Sign New Transfer Agreement
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH KARI GARCIA, NMU ADMISSIONS Northern Michigan University on Tuesday announced a new partnership with Bay de Noc Community College, which provides automatic con...
Oct 6, 2026
One Man Dead, Another Hurt After Negaunee Township House Fire
A Negaunee Township house fire Monday night left one man dead and another with severe burns. Troopers and firefighters responded to the residence, where a 67-year-old man was found deceased after the ...
Oct 6, 2026
Effort Launched To Cut Number Of Marinette County Board Members In Half
A Marinette County resident who serves as the Town of Peshtigo Chairperson is launching a petition drive that could eventually ask voters whether the County Board should be cut in half; from 30 superv...
Oct 6, 2026
Three Country Music Stars Coming To Island Resort & Casino Next March
Aaron Tippin, Collin Raye, and Sammy Kershaw - three voices that defined '90s country - are bringing their Roots & Boots concert to the Island Resort & Casino Showroom on March 19 and 20, 2027...
Oct 6, 2026
NMU Rural Health Center Organizing U.P. Student Essay Contest
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH ELISE BUR, NMU Upper Peninsula high school students are invited to take part in an essay-writing contest this week, in celebration of this year's upcoming Nati...
Oct 5, 2026
Michigan Road Lobby: Say No To Temporary Gas Tax Suspension
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH ROB COPPERSMITH, MITA The Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA) urged the Legislature to reject a state gas tax holiday, warning that...
Oct 5, 2026
New Firewood Quarantine Bans Wood From Wisconsin Into U.P.
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH AMBER NEILS, MDARD the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Michigan Invasive Species Program today announced a new firewood quaran...
Oct 5, 2026
DNR Taking Comments On Van Riper, Iron Industry Museum
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH DEBBIE JENSEN, MDNR To ensure plans for Van Riper State Park in Champion and the 120-acre property that surrounds the Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee...
Oct 5, 2026 Van Riper State Park, summer 2022. Photos taken by Tyler Leipprandt in cooperation with the MI DNR. Credit goes to Tyler Leiprandt and Michigan Sky Media LLC.
Marinette School Superintendent Reflects On First Year In Charge
Marinette School District Superintendent Matt Smith says his first year in the district will be about more than learning a new job; it will be about building relationships while pushing for better res...
Oct 5, 2026
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Local News from the RRN News Center
UPDATE: Two Of Three U.P. Wildfires Started By Lightning Strikes
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Plea Bargain Expected In Drowning Death Of Marinette Teenager
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UPDATE: Three U.P. Wildfires Still Burning Deep Underground
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Renovatons, Expansion Continue At Sault Ste. Marie Hospital
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U.P. State Police Sergeant Named 'Negotiator Of Year'
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DNR Reclassifies Three U.P. Wildfires As 'Rugged Terrain Complex'
Oct 17, 2026
Manistique Man Accused Of Firing Gunshots At Vehicles
Oct 17, 2026
NRC Changes Fish Regulations For Two Upper Peninsula Lakes
Oct 15, 2026
UPDATE: Crews Continue Battling Three Upper Peninsula Wildfires
Oct 15, 2026
