Category Archives: News

Nessel Wants Parents To Have Access To Kids' Snapchat, TikTok
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general - led by Attorneys General Lynn Fitch (MS) and Josh Stein (NC) - wrote TikTok and Snapchat this week to urge th...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2022

State Offering COVID Home-Testing Kits At Three U.P. Libraries
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has expanded its efforts to provide free, at-home testing kits to underserved areas of the state by providing test kits to additional libra...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2022

Vacant Building To Be Redeveloped In Downtown Houghton
A community revitalization project that will bring new housing and vitality to downtown Houghton has received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation an...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2022

Whitmer Signs Infrastructure Bills; $20 Million For U.P.'s Copper Peak
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed the Building Michigan Together Plan, a bipartisan plan to invest nearly $5 billion in Michigan's infrastructure, grow the economy, create jobs, and benefit famil...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2022

Another Winter Storm To Bring Snow, Ice To Upper Peninsula
Including the cities of Ontonagon, Ironwood, Iron River, Iron Mountain, Kenton, and Sidnaw ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ WED...
Jack Hall Mar 29, 2022

Three Bay College Students Named To State Academic Teams
The annual Phi Theta Kappa Awards Luncheon, honoring the 2022 All-Michigan Academic Team, was held in Lansing, Michigan. Students were selected based on academic achievement, community service involve...
Jack Hall Mar 29, 2022

Police: Suicide Of Marquette Teen Linked To Social Media Extortion
The suicide of a popular Marquette teenager is being linked by police to social media extortion. Jordan DeMay was found dead Friday morning after what investigators, and his parents, say was an attemp...
Jack Hall Mar 29, 2022

Financial Services Firm Thrivent Doing Book Drive In U.P.
The local chapter of the financial services firm Thrivent is partnering with the Caregiver Incentive Project for financial literacy month this April for a local book drive, "Books are Just the Beginni...
Jack Hall Mar 29, 2022

Army Corps To Allow Visitors To Cross Soo Locks June 24th
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are planning the 2022 Soo Locks Engineers Day with visitors allowed across the locks, the first since before the COVID-19 Pandemic. Visitors are welcome into the Soo L...
Jack Hall Mar 29, 2022

Whitmer Touts 'Building Michigan Together' Plan; Will Sign It
Governor Gretchen Whitmer celebrated the Building Michigan Together Plan, a bipartisan plan to invest nearly $5 billion in Michigan's infrastructure, grow the economy, create jobs, and benefit familie...
Jack Hall Mar 28, 2022

Fri Nov 6
Escanaba, MI, USA
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Marquette, MI, USA
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Manistique, MI, USA
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