Category Archives: News

Longtime Alger, Schoolcraft District Court Judge Retiring Jan. 1
After 20 years dispensing justice from the bench in Alger and Schoolcraft Counties, one of the central Upper Peninsula's senior judges is hanging up his robe for the last time. The Honorable Mark E. L...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021

Upper Peninsula Adds 143 New Cases; Three New Deaths Over Weekend
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced 13,999 new positive coronavirus test results and 97 new COVID-related deaths over the past three days. State officials also che...
Jack Hall Dec 20, 2021

Foreign Company To Buy Verso; Plans To Covert Escanaba Mill
Verso Corporation (NYSE: VRS) ("Verso") on Monday announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which BillerudKorsns AB ("BillerudKorsns") will acquire all of the outstanding ...
Jack Hall Dec 19, 2021 Verso Corporation (PRNewsFoto/Verso Corporation)

Bay College To Offer Nurse Aide Training Courses In January
Bay College is offering a 96-hour Nurse Aide training beginning Monday, January 10, 2022. The Nurse Assistant Training Program provides classroom instruction and hands-on clinical training to prepare ...
Jack Hall Dec 17, 2021

Whitmer Announces Tax Credits To Help Small Business Owners
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announces tax credits up to $9,600 to help employers and small business owners hire Michiganders for good-paying jobs to help fill labor shortages and grow the economy. The g...
Jack Hall Dec 17, 2021

Most Delta County Schools Close After 'Tik Tok Challenge' Threats
The Escanaba, Gladstone, Bark River-Harris, Rapid River, Mid Peninsula, and Hannahville Schools are all closed today due to "National tit-tok challenge" school threats. The challenge suggests numerous...
Jack Hall Dec 17, 2021

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

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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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