Category Archives: News

The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) announced today that over 55,000 claimants will not have to pay back a total of approximately $431 million in overpayments of federal pandemic unemploy...

The City of Escanaba is experiencing discoloration of water at the 100 block of Ludington Street and 1st Avenue South. The water is SAFE to drink and just needs time to settle. If the discoloration co...

Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a growing increase in opioid overdoses in Michigan. LMAS District Health Department has addressed this increase by creating the Harm Reduction P...

Escanaba Area Public Schools first grade teacher Nanette Hanson has been named the 2022-23 Michigan Teacher of the Year (MTOY). Hanson learned of her honor today during a visit to the Upper Peninsula ...

While most people run away from a blazing wildfire, highly trained DNR wildland firefighters are ready to head toward danger to protect people, property and nature - and they have the knowledge and to...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that 150 awards were made to 57 local school districts, 14 intermediate school districts, 40 nonpublic schools, and 39 public school academies for $10 million in st...

The Superior Health Foundation (SHF) in Marquette awarded more than $650,000 in health-centered grant funding at its Spring Grants Celebration on Tuesday evening at the Holiday Inn in Marquette. The e...

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be performing repair work on the traffic signals on US-41/M-28 at Lakeshore Drive in Ishpeming May 4. Beginning around 9 a.m., crews will be worki...

Bay College and the Marquette Symphony Orchestra present Christine Harada Li on violin and Nathaniel Pierce on cello performing Monday, May 9 at 7pm EST in the Besse Theater. Violinist, Christine Hara...

After a draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade leaked yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer renewed her commitment to protecting abortion access in Michigan. Last month, the G...