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Four Upper Peninsula Businesses Receive State Assistance
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced that 28 communities across Michigan have been awarded a total of $1,011,057 in grants aimed at supporting small local businesses to create resiliency and stre...
Jack Hall Dec 16, 2021

Michigan Families Being Offered More Food Assistance Benefits
All Michigan families who are eligible for food assistance benefits are receiving an additional monthly payment in December in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan Department of Health and ...
Jack Hall Dec 16, 2021

Bay College Nursing Graduate Sets Up Scholarship Fund
Nursing is a passion. It is a calling to help others, save lives, give to community. A Bay College August 2020 nursing graduate is doing just that. Susie Carpiaux-Larson, RN, working with the Bay Coll...
Jack Hall Dec 16, 2021

UPDATE: Cloverland Still Has 9,000 Outages In Eastern U.P.
OUTAGE UPDATE (12/16/2021 - 1:00PM): There are currently around 9,000 outages across over 200 locations due to extreme wind. Thank you for your patience as crews work to restore power. We expect that ...
Jack Hall Dec 16, 2021

Five Upper Peninsula Projects On Infrastructure Spending List
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $5.2 billion to build and improve critical rural infrastructure in 46 states and Puerto Rico. The inv...
Jack Hall Dec 16, 2021

Markkanen: Supplemental Budget Will Help Fight COVID In U.P.
State Rep. Greg Markkanen, of Hancock, today voted to provide needed support for Michigan patients and schools as they face challenges due to COVID-19. Supplemental funding measures approved in a vote...
Jack Hall Dec 16, 2021

Superior Health Foundation Accepting Grant Applications
The Superior Health Foundation is now accepting grant applications for its spring 2022 funding cycle. SHF will award more than $175,000 in grants during the spring cycle. Eligibility information and o...
Jack Hall Dec 16, 2021

Upper Peninsula Adds Nine New COVID Deaths, 273 New Cases
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced 11,722 new positive coronavirus test results and 100 new COVID-related deaths over the past two days. State officials also c...
Jack Hall Dec 15, 2021

Eastern U.P. Snowmobile Trails Not Being Groomed
Michigan Department of Natural Resources trails staffers are working with the Straits Area Snowmobile Club to reach a grant agreement for trail grooming over 101 miles of state-managed trails in the s...
Jack Hall Dec 15, 2021

Twelve Elk Fall Through Ice On Northern Michigan Private Lake
Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers and ice rescue personnel clad in dry suits worked today to try to recover a dozen elk that died Tuesday after falling through the ice of ...
Jack Hall Dec 15, 2021

Fri Jul 17
Escanaba, MI, USA
Haze
Fri Jul 17
Marquette, MI, USA
Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Smoke
Fri Jul 17
Manistique, MI, USA
Haze
Fri Jul 17
Munising, MI, USA
Sunny
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