Category Archives: News

Upper Peninsula Health Plan announces Jaime Houghton as Chief Financial Officer. Upper Peninsula Health Plan (UPHP) CFO Leslie Luke announced her retirement (effective December 21st) this past fall, l...

The application period for the Upper Peninsula's Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative competitive grant program is now open. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources initiative is a coo...

Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist was in Escanaba Friday morning, and took a tour of a new small business on Ludington Street. Beaver's Lures was started by Katelyn Beaver, who just gradua...

The Marquette County Health Department says a COVID-19 vaccination site is now open in the Westwood Mall. It's where the old MC Sports store was located. The clinic offers all three vaccines to people...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has issued an epidemic order to further protect residents in nursing homes across the state by ensuring residents have the opportunity to g...

Northern Lights YMCA's 2022 Annual Campaign is underway. The Dickinson Center has set a goal of $85,000 for this year's campaign. The Annual Campaign supplies funding so that all in the Dickinson Coun...

The Escanaba Civic Center skating rink will be opening for the season on Friday. The ice rink is located behind the civic center at 225 North 21st Street. Parking is located on the west side. There wi...

The medical director for the Marquette County Health Department, Bob Lorinser, updated the community on COVOD-19 Thursday, in particular, the omicron variant. He said that the huge increase in cases h...

Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Voting Act. "Nothing is more fundamental to our Democracy than prese...

To help ensure rapid testing is available to schools, long-term care facilities, jails, homeless shelters and for seasonal workers, Governor Whitmer has asked the Michigan Department of Health and Hum...