Category Archives: News

Sawyer International Airport To Update Community On Future Plans
Sawyer International Airport is hosting a virtual community update on April 13, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Airport officials, consultants, and community partners will share information on the la...
Jack Hall Mar 26, 2022

Marquette County Habitat For Humanity Celebrates 30 Years
Marquette County Habitat for Humanity is celebrating a milestone anniversary. The local nonprofit, founded in 1992, has been proudly serving the community for 30 years. Their mission is to eliminate p...
Jack Hall Mar 25, 2022

Michigan Unemployment Rate Drops To 4.7% In February
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Michigan unemployment rate moved down in February by two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.7 percent, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of...
Jack Hall Mar 25, 2022

Escanaba Church Raises $7,500 For Ukrainian Refugee Relief
A total of $7,489 was raised for Ukrainian Refugee efforts in Poland at St. Joseph and St. Patrick's Parish Ethnic Food Fest, held Sunday, March 20. The event ran just under two hours; in addition to ...
Jack Hall Mar 25, 2022

Mackinac Bridge Closes Again Due To Falling Ice
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...
Jack Hall Mar 25, 2022

UPDATE: Mackinac Bridge Re-Opens After Being Closed 12 Hours
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...
Jack Hall Mar 24, 2022

DNR, Timber Company Agree On U.P. Snowmobile Easements
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. ...
Jack Hall Mar 24, 2022 DSC_6501
Snowmobilers ride along Trail No. 417 in Sands Township, in Marquette County.

Mackinac Straits Hospital Celebrates Joining MyMichigan Health
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...
Jack Hall Mar 24, 2022

U.P. Lawmakers Support Infrastructure, Copper Peak Bills
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...
Jack Hall Mar 24, 2022

Governor Whitmer Hails Passage Of Infrastructure Legislation
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...
Jack Hall Mar 24, 2022

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