Category Archives: News
Heinonen Named New CEO For UP Health System-Portage
UP Health System - Portage today announced that Ryan Heinonen has been named as permanent chief executive officer (CEO). He has served as the hospital's interim CEO since October. "We are thrilled to ...
Jan 13, 2022
Dickinson County Insurance Agency Starting Scholarship At Bay
Danielson Insurance recently donated a $500 scholarship to assist a full-time, Bay West student from Dickinson County for Academic Year 2022-2023. Ryan Danielson, President of Danielson Insurance stat...
Jan 11, 2022
Electric Car Driven From U.P. Mine To Top Of Pike's Peak
A Taycan Cross Turismo has entered the Guinness World Record books after setting a new benchmark for the greatest altitude change ever achieved by an electric car - 4,842.967 metres, or just over thre...
Jan 11, 2022
State Announces More Cash Payments In Wake Of Omicron
All Michigan families who are eligible for food assistance benefits are receiving an additional monthly payment in January in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan Department of Health and H...
Jan 11, 2022
Bay College Offering Mining Refresher Courses In February
Bay College Training and Development will be hosting the MSHA 8-hour Annual Refresher training of Part 46 and 48 of the Mine Act, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The 8-hour MSHA program ...
Jan 11, 2022
Marijuana Business Removes Houghton Billboard After Complaints
This fall, The Fire Station Cannabis Co. leased all of the available sign spaces on a billboard sign in Downtown Houghton on Sharon Avenue that has existed for over 30 years. After installing signage ...
Jan 11, 2022
Whitmer Announces Prizes For State of State Design Winner
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced the details of the prize to be awarded to the winner of the State of the State program cover art contest announced last week. Traditionally, the winner and th...
Jan 11, 2022
U.P. Lawmakers Applaud Approval Of Back Forty Mine Permit
Upper Peninsula lawmakers on Monday applauded the recent renewal of a metallic mineral lease relevant to the proposed Back Forty Mine in Menominee County, which is set to mine gold, zinc, and copper. ...
Jan 11, 2022
U.P. Timber Harvester Sentenced For Stealing Wood
A Stephenson man charged in connection to stealing more than $100,000 of timber from the State was sentenced to probation and a suspended jail sentence, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced...
Jan 11, 2022
Upper Peninsula Adds More Than 1,000 New Cases Over Weekend
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced 44,524 new positive coronavirus test results and 56 new COVID-related deaths for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Here in the Uppe...
Jan 10, 2022
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Local News from the RRN News Center
Thick Canadian Wildfire Smoke Continues To Blanket U.P.
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Congressmen Demand Action From Canada On Wildfires
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Sault Tribe 'Disheartened' By Line Five Tunnel Permit Approval
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Michigan DNR Approves Permits For Great Lakes Tunnel In Straights of Mackinac
Jul 15, 2026
DNR Spending More Money On U.P. Deer Habitat Projects
Jul 15, 2026
Iron Mountain Man Returned From Alaska To Face Sex Charges
Jul 15, 2026
A LOT OF FISH: Sault Tribe Reports On U.P. Stocking Efforts
Jul 15, 2026
Four U.P. Businesses Awarded State Job-Training Grants
Jul 15, 2026
Downstate Man Arrested In Eastern UP After Fatal Traffic Crash
Jul 15, 2026
