Category Archives: News

Benson: Return Absentee Ballots In Person; Use Drop Boxes
With two weeks remaining until the statewide primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 2, Michigan voters who have received but not yet returned their absentee ballot are encouraged to hand deliver it to a lo...
Jack Hall Jul 19, 2022

Upper Peninsula Reports Four New COVID Deaths; 441 New Cases
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesdauy 16,445 new coronavirus cases for the past week, an average of 23-hundred-49 cases per day. They also report 149 new deaths. These are a...
Jack Hall Jul 19, 2022

Whitmer Signs McBroom Bill On Transporting Mentally-Ill People
Sen. Ed McBroom's legislation to enable communities to establish an alternative way of transporting individuals with severe mental illness for involuntary hospitalization was signed into law by the go...
Jack Hall Jul 19, 2022

Hampton Street To Close At US-41 Intersection In Marquette
Work on the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) rebuilding project on US-41/M-28 from the Front Street roundabout to Furnace Street in Marquette will require the temporary closure of E. Hampt...
Jack Hall Jul 19, 2022

Firefighters Contain 46-Acre Fire Near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
A multi-agency firefighting team has contained a 46-acre wildlife burning since Sunday afternoon, south of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Alger County. At 1:52 p.m., July 17, a large smoke plume...
Jack Hall Jul 19, 2022

DNR Citizens Advisory Council To Meet Wednesday Night At MTU
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Western Upper Peninsula Citizens' Advisory Council will meet at Michigan Technological University's Memorial Union Building-Ballroom B, 1400 Townsend Driv...
Jack Hall Jul 19, 2022

Escanaba Recreation Department To Offer Goodie Bags To Local Kids
The City of Escanaba Recreation Department is happy to announce a grant award from the Community Foundation for Delta County in a partnership to provide youth in the community with "summer survival ki...
Jack Hall Jul 18, 2022

Man Pleads Guilty To Putting Pipe Bombs By Soo Cell Phone Store
A Whittemore, Michigan,resident pleaded guilty today to two separate criminal cases related to the placement of explosive packages outside cellphone stores in Cheboygan, and Sault Ste Marie, Michigan,...
Jack Hall Jul 18, 2022

McBroom To Host Lawmakers In Roundtable Meetings In Houghton
State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, will host an economic development and land-based industries roundtable in Houghton. The formal meetings will be open to the general public and are take plac...
Jack Hall Jul 18, 2022

UPSET Team Arrests Copper Country Man On Meth Charges
On July 14th , 2022, following a one year investigation, detectives from UPSET (Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team) arrested 43 year old, Gregory Knuuttila, currently from Mohawk, MI for Posse...
Jack Hall Jul 18, 2022

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Local News from the RRN News Center
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DELTA COUNTY: Stupak Wins Judgeship; Bay College Board Members
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DICKINSON COUNTY: Breitung Township Schools Millage Passes
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MENOMINEE COUNTY: Marijuana Referendum, District Judge Race
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Aho-Rink Delivers 109th State House Seat To Democrats
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