Category Archives: News

McBroom Plan Would Fix State Parks; Promote Tourism
Legislation introduced by Sen. Ed McBroom would invest $250 million to address a backlog of infrastructure improvement projects at state and local parks and recreation areas. McBroom's bill, Senate Bi...
Jack Hall Oct 27, 2021

State of Michigan Sending Testing Resources To Sault Ste. Marie
The State of Michigan has contracted with a COVID-19 testing company to bring testing and reporting to communities across the state. The State contracted testing company, Honu, will take over testing ...
Jack Hall Oct 27, 2021

Governor Declares 'Rivalry Week' For Michigan-Michigan State Game
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, two-time alumna of Michigan State University, declared October 25 to October 31 as Rivalry Week in honor of Saturday's game between the undefeated Michigan State University ...
Jack Hall Oct 27, 2021

Bay College, Grand Rapids Teaming Up On Water Tech Jobs
Bay College, Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) and the City of Grand Rapids are teaming up for a project aimed at building a pipeline to careers in the water and wastewater industry. The project i...
Jack Hall Oct 27, 2021

Dickinson-Iron Health Department Offering COVID Vaccine Boosters
The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department is offering "booster shots" for all three of the vaccine brands: Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. You need to make an appointment and come into...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2021

COVID Vaccine Clinic Scheduled Saturday On NMU Campus
The Marquette County Health Department is urging people in certain categories to get a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This following recent federal approval of "booster shots" for people aged 65 ...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2021

State Christmas Tree To Be Cut Down Wednesday In Marenisco
The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget will coordinate the harvest of the official 2021 state Christmas tree Wednesday along US-2 in the western U.P. town of Marenisco. The 63-...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2021

Late-Night Closures On Portage Lift Bridge Continue Into November
Contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be performing work requiring early morning closures of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock over the next thr...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2021

Engineered Machine Products Sold To European Company
EMP leadership has today announced to employees, customers, and suppliers that the Company has strategically agreed to be acquired by Concentric AB, a Swedish based company headquartered in the United...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2021

Whitmer Moves Michigan Toward Vaccinating 5-To-11 Year-Olds
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today issued an executive directive to state departments and agencies to expedite the ordering and distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric coronavirus vaccinations to p...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2021

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