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Qualifying Upper Peninsula businesses that have suffered financial hardship from COVID-19 are encouraged to apply for the State of Michigan's new Afflicted Business Relief (ABR) grant program. There i...

Contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will continue work that requires closures of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock next week. Multiple test lifts a...

Effective Monday, March 7, 2022, OSF HealthCare St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group will close its COVID-19 drive-thru testing center. In addition, the local COVID-19 triage phone line will no lo...

Including the cities of Copper Harbor, Ontonagon, Houghton, Hancock, L`Anse, Gwinn, Marquette, Ironwood, Iron River, Kenton, and Sidnaw ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/SATURDAY...

State Rep. Greg Markkanen today highlighted a new state grant program that can provide relief to U.P. business owners who have been negatively impacted by the pandemic. Markkanen voted to advance a bi...

MSU Extension has three concurrent openings for full-time Crops Educators in the UP and Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. These positions require a Bachelor's degree in crop science, horticulture,...

Students at Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District have expanded opportunities to stay active following their selection to receive a $2,520 grant from the M&M Area Community Foundation's (MMACF) P...

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) is excited to announce the discovery of the 172-foot schooner-barge Atlanta. The Atlanta was found 35 miles off Deer Park, Mich., in 650 feet of wa...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a nationwide investigation into TikTok for providing and promoting its social media platform to children and young adults even though social media use is a...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed March as Michigan Food and Agriculture Month, to honor and celebrate Michigan's farmers, the diversity of products grown and processed in our state, and the pa...