Category Archives: News

DNR, Snowmobile Club Reach Deal To Groom Eastern U.P. Trails
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Straits Area Snowmobile Club have reached a grant agreement for trail grooming over 101 miles of state-managed trails in the southeastern Upper Pen...
Jack Hall Dec 22, 2021

U.P. Congressman Supports Religious Exemptions For Navy Vaccine Mandate
Rep. Jack Bergman and 37 House Republicans led by Rep. Mike Johnson, filed an Amicus Brief before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in support of 35 Navy service memb...
Jack Hall Dec 21, 2021

Portage Lift Bridge To Be Closed Wednesday Night For Maintenance
Contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will continue work requiring closures of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock Wednesday. The contractor anticipate...
Jack Hall Dec 21, 2021

M-DOT: Efforts Continued In 2021 To Improve Safety In U.P.
Despite another year of increasing traffic fatalities and injuries around the country, 2021 saw the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) make strides toward increasing safety on roads in the U...
Jack Hall Dec 21, 2021

Michigan DNR Hiring For 2022 Conservation Officer Academy
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is accepting candidates for the positions of conservation officer recruits and probationary conservation officers. Stationed in nearly every county of the ...
Jack Hall Dec 21, 2021

Whitmer Urges COVID Vaccination Boosters; No 'Sweeping Mandates'
Governor Gretchen Whitmer held her first COVID-related news conference since June on Tuesday as the omicron variant spreads across the country. She pleaded with Michigan residents who have not yet bee...
Jack Hall Dec 21, 2021

State Sets Up New Website On Gas Price Gouging, Skimmer Scams
As Michiganders prepare for the holiday season, Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Gary McDowell and Attorney General Dana Nessel highlig...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021

Christmas Candy Cane/Food Drive Labeled A Success In Gladstone
The Gladstone Public Safety Department says that its annual Candy Cane and canned food drive was a success on Sunday evening. The department says people donated 39-hundred-20 pounds of non-perishable ...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021

Winter Storm Warning Issued For Parts Of Upper Peninsula
A quick-hitting winter storm is coming for parts of the Upper Peninsula Tuesday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Manistique area, as well as over into Mackinac C...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021

Health Dept. Worried About Running Low On COVID-19 Treatments
While Luce, Mackinac, Alger, and Schoolcraft counties continue battling the Delta variant of COVID-19, we are beginning to see a much more serious picture of the latest variant, Omicron. While there a...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021

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Local News from the RRN News Center
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