Category Archives: News

Local Food Pantry Asking for Help From Businesses As Demand Rises
A local food pantry is asking local businesses to join the front lines against the war on hunger in Marinette and Menominee Counties as demand and expenses rapidly increase. St. Vincent de Paul Food P...
Jack Hall May 19, 2022

Michigan Small Businesses To Receive $236 Million In Federal Help
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury will be providing up to $236,990,950 to the state of Michigan as part of the State Smal...
Jack Hall May 19, 2022

New Virus Cases Continue Rising Across U.P., Michigan
The number of new coronavirus cases continues to spike across the Upper Peninsula, as well as across the state of Michigan. The state Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday reported 29,2...
Jack Hall May 19, 2022

Free Food Offered At Menominee Salvation Army Today
The Salvation Army will host a Feeding America Mobile Food Pantry on May 19th, 2022 at 10:00 am, central time. A Mobile Food Pantry contains 15,000 pounds of food sent on a truck in order to provide f...
Jack Hall May 19, 2022

Michigan Unemployment Rate Drops To 4.3% In April
Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate receded by one-tenth of a percentage point between March and April to 4.3 percent, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Techn...
Jack Hall May 19, 2022

Rep. LaFave Wants State Redistricting Commission Abolished
State Rep. Beau LaFave introduced House Joint Resolution S to repeal Michigan's Independent Redistricting Commission. The commission has exclusive authority under the state constitution to adopt distr...
Jack Hall May 19, 2022

DNR Mopping Up Hot Spots In 2,500-Acre Wildfire
As DNR fire crews continue to identify and mop up hot spots within the 2,516-acre Blue Lakes Fire, all roads and the Black River have reopened. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources got a lot o...
Jack Hall May 18, 2022

Mackinac County COVID-19 Cases Rising; Masks Recommended
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has moved Mackinac County into their community level classification of high-risk for COVID-19 transmission and infection. In Mackinac County, COVID...
Jack Hall May 18, 2022

Downstate Man Wins $3.4 Million On Michigan Lottery
The old saying that it only takes one ticket to win proved true for a Battle Creek man who won a $3.39 million Lotto 47 jackpot from the Michigan Lottery. The lucky player, who chose to remain anonymo...
Jack Hall May 18, 2022

Manistique Man Arrested After Altercation With Hatchet
Manistique Public Safety and other local law enforcement officers were dispatched at 5:25 pm on Sunday, May 15 to the report of two men fighting at the intersection of Arbutus and Range Streets in the...
Jack Hall May 18, 2022

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Local News from the RRN News Center
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