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Message from the Mackinac Bridge Authority as of Friday, Mar 25 - 11:36 AM--- Mackinac Bridge is CLOSED to all traffic due to hazardous falling Ice conditions. Currently there is no timetable for reop...

UPDATE AT 11:44 P.M. ET THURSDAY: MACKINAC BRIDGE HAS REOPENED: "Icy conditions have been cleared on the #MackinacBridge. Have a safe and pleasant trip". It had been closed for 12 hours. ORIGINAL STOR...

In partnership with Lyme Great Lakes Timberlands, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has purchased nearly 103 miles of primarily snowmobile trail easements in Baraga and Marquette counties. ...

Leaders at MyMichigan Health recently attended an event at Mackinac Straits Hospital in celebration of the affiliation announcement between the health systems. Tricia Sommer, director of regional coll...

Upper Peninsula lawmakers voted for a funding measure that includes resources to support the region's tourism and infrastructure needs. "The western U.P. has been dealt many blows economically for yea...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer highlighted several investments in the Building Michigan Together Plan, a bipartisan infrastructure bill that delivers on several proposals she rolled out last year on how to...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, Soo Area Office will open the Poe Lock, 12:01 a.m., March 25, marking the 2022 Great Lakes shipping season start. The operating season is fixed by f...

Electric crews have been working all day long to restore power to thousands of Upper Peninsula customers who were put in the dark by ice and heavy snow Wednesday morning. The ice knocked down trees an...

Gov. Whitmer today signed bills that support health professionals working in medically underserved communities, combat the opioid epidemic, and other legislation. To date, Governor Whitmer has signed ...

The Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce has welcomed a new member to their ever growing list of members. Dulce Nulla Gourment Desserts is a dedicated gluten-free bakery which also specializes in cateri...