Category Archives: News

Air Quality Alert Extended Into Wednesday Due To Canadian Smoke
---Northern Michigan University cam photo--- The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is upgrading to an Air Quality Alert for elevated levels of fine particulates (PM2.5) in the Upper Peninsu...
Jack Hall Jun 03, 2025

Twelve-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Hit By Car In Florence County
On Monday, June 2nd at 6:16pm Florence County Dispatch received multiple calls of an accident involving a vehicle versus power pole on County Highway N, east of Aurora Liquors in the town of Aurora. D...
Jack Hall Jun 03, 2025

Negaunee Firefighters Douse Small Brush Fire Near Teal Lake
At approximately 7:13 Monday night, the Negaunee City Fire Department was dispatched to a report of smoke coming from the area of Wenonah St and Nakomis St. Upon arriving on scene, crews were able to ...
Jack Hall Jun 02, 2025

Whitmer Signs Bill Forgiving Missed School Days After Ice Storm
Gretchen Whitmer has signed a bill supporting thousands of students in the northern Michigan who were impacted by power outages during severe ice storms this past spring, causing numerous school cance...
Jack Hall Jun 02, 2025

DNR Battling Wildfire In Dickinson County; 5-6 Acres Burned
With extreme fire danger in the western Upper Peninsula today, firefighters are working hard in Dickinson County this afternoon to contain and extinguish a small fire burning since Sunday northeast of...
Jack Hall Jun 02, 2025

RED FLAG WARNING: Dangerous Wildfire Conditions Across U.P.
The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 9:00 Monday. Southwest winds at 10 to 15 miles per hour, with gusts up to 25 miles per hour, combined ...
Jack Hall Jun 01, 2025

One Man Dead, Another Hurt, In Delta County Traffic Crash
On June 1, 2025, at approximately 10:12 am, troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Gladstone Post responded to a fatal traffic crash in Ensign Township, Delta County. The preliminary investigat...
Jack Hall Jun 01, 2025

Northern Michigan Farmers Impacted By Ice Storm Getting Assistance
On Saturday, U.S. Representative Jack Bergman joined Michigan USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Director Joel Johnson to meet with maple syrup producers and announce critical federal relief for farmers a...
Jack Hall Jun 01, 2025

Upper Peninsula Wildfire Danger Elevated; Canadian Smoke Drifting In
A string of dry days in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula means that fire risk is high this weekend, so please be careful as you work and play outdoors. "There hasn't been significant r...
Jack Hall May 31, 2025

Second U.P. Measles Case Confirmed; More Exposure Sites Listed
The Marquette County Health Department announced on Saturday that it has identified a second measles case in a Marquette County resident. And because the measles virus can remain infectious in the air...
Jack Hall May 31, 2025

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Local News from the RRN News Center
Michigan Natural Resources Commission To Meet On Wednesday
Mar 10, 2026
Wisconsin's Free Tax Filing System Now Available Statewide
Mar 10, 2026
Upper Peninsula Receives $1.3 Million In Arts, Culture Funding
Mar 10, 2026
Prescribed Burns Planned In Hiawatha, Ottawa National Forests
Mar 10, 2026
Michigan Senator Peters Supports Veterans Burial Legislation
Mar 09, 2026
Red Cross Releases Report On Volunteerism In U.P., Wisconsin
Mar 05, 2026
State Giving Away Naloxone To Help Prevent Overdose Deaths
Mar 05, 2026
U.P. Congressman Bergman Introduces Reforestation Legislation
Mar 04, 2026
Attorney General Highlights Consumer Protection Successes
Mar 04, 2026











