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Northern Michigan University's Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center and Center for Upper Peninsula Studies will present Sonderegger21, a conference about Upper Peninsula historical, cultural, economic and sc...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Friday announced 8,078 new positive coronavirus test results and 58 new COVID-related deaths over the two-day period of Thursday and Friday. Sta...

Governor Whitmer today signed House Bill 4087 which will establish an emergency stockpile of medical supplies to prepare for future emergencies. House Bill 4087 will amend the Emergency Management Act...

Eastern U.P. State Sen. Wayne Schmidt was honored as Legislator of the Year by the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance (MTGA) at its annual meeting held virtually on October 28. "Michigan's trails ...

An Alpena County woman couldn't stop shaking after she won $300,000 playing the Michigan Lottery's Wild Time Deluxe instant game. The lucky player, who chose to remain anonymous, bought her winning ti...

Bay College recently welcomed Jason Sullivan as the Director of Student Services at the West Campus in Iron Mountain, MI. Sullivan graduated with his Bachelor degree from Finlandia University and his ...

The Upper Peninsula's unemployment rate fell to four percent in September. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says that is an improvement over the August level, which was 4-p...

The Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees voted to invest $90.6 million in capital projects, major maintenance and campus improvements. T hese projects are consistent with the goals previousl...

Today, Orlene Hawks, the Director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), signed the Indigency Standard proposed by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC). The Indigency...

The Superior Watershed Partnership received a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grant in the amount of $216,395 from the USDA Forest Service for an Upper Peninsula project titled; The Northern...