Category Archives: News

State Looking To Expand Health-Related Programs At Senior Centers
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Senior Center Wellness Program II. Eligible applicants are multipurpose senior citizen centers...
Jack Hall Mar 18, 2022

Upper Peninsula Unemployment Rates Edge Up In January
Not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates rose in all 17 Michigan labor market areas between December and January, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Technology, Managemen...
Jack Hall Mar 17, 2022

State Imposing Weight Restrictions On Southern U.P. Roads
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and local agencies are enacting additional annual spring weight restrictions to protect roads. Effective 6 a.m. Friday, March 18, weight restrictions w...
Jack Hall Mar 17, 2022

NMU Officially Approved For Federal Funding Of Internet Expansion
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters announced that Northern Michigan University will receive $1.2 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help fill the gap in fast, affordable ...
Jack Hall Mar 17, 2022

Whitmer, Gilchrist Turn In Nominating Petitions In Re-Election Bid
Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist submitted the signatures required to appear on the ballot for re-election. Gretchen Whitmer for Governor collected 30,000 signatures,...
Jack Hall Mar 17, 2022

City of Mackinac lsland Joins Certified Local Government Program
The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), part of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, announced today that the city of Mackinac Island in Mackinac County has been accepted to ...
Jack Hall Mar 17, 2022

Baraga Vikings Girls Basketball Team Visits Michigan State Capitol
State Sen. Ed McBroom welcomed the Baraga High School girls basketball team to the Senate chamber on Thursday in advance of the team's state semifinal matchup against Fowler at the Breslin Center in E...
Jack Hall Mar 17, 2022

THAT'S A WRAP: Steve Asplund Delivers Final TV-6 Newscast
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH STEVE ASPLUND It's the end of an era in Upper Peninsula journalism. Steve Asplund, the longtime news anchor at WLUC-TV 6, broadcast his final show Wednesday ni...
Jack Hall Mar 16, 2022

UPCAP Taking New Members For On-Line Support Groups
Family caregivers often report feeling isolated, stressed, and overwhelmed as they care for their aging parents, spouse, friend or other family member with a long-term illness or disabling condition. ...
Jack Hall Mar 16, 2022

Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball Coach Retires
Northern Michigan University's head coach Troy Mattson is set to retire in June after 17 years as leader of the Wildcat women's basketball program and nearly 40 years with NMU Athletics. In addition t...
Jack Hall Mar 16, 2022

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Local News from the RRN News Center
UPDATE: Body Of Man Swept Off Black Rocks Found In Lake
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1,450 ACRES BURNED: Three U.P. Wildfires Almost Extiguished
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Iron Mountain Tree Cut Down To Become State Christmas Tree
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One Person Killed, Another Hurt In Iron County Traffic Crash
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Man Swept Away Into Lake Superior; Search Suspended
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Army Corps Of Engineers Launches Annual Photo Contest
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Escanaba's Garber Named Michigan's Top Assistant Principal
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BUCKING THE TREND: Bergman Holds UP Congressional Seat
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MARINETTE COUNTY: $60 Million School Proposal Passes
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