Category Archives: News

U.P. Students Can Take Part In Congressional App Challenge
Each year, students in the First District create and submit their original apps for a chance to win the Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The competition was created in 2013 through House Resolution ...
Jack Hall Oct 5, 2021

Mackinac Straits Hospital To Affiliate With Mid-Michigan Health
Mackinac Straits Health System (MSHS) and MidMichigan Health jointly announced a formal affiliation between the two organizations that will address technology (IT) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR)...
Jack Hall Oct 5, 2021

Crematorium Owner Charged With Improper Disposal Of Bodies
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has charged the owner of Tri-County Crematorium in Ypsilanti Township following improper handling of a decedent. O'Neil Swanson was arraigned Monday in Washtenaw ...
Jack Hall Oct 5, 2021

Michigan Adds 8,700 New Positive Tests; 328 In Upper Peninsula
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced 8,704 new positive coronavirus test results and 43 new COVID-related deaths over the three-day period of Saturday, Sunday, and ...
Jack Hall Oct 4, 2021

Portage Lift Bridge Closures Expected Next Three Nights
Contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be performing work requiring brief closures of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock starting early Tuesday mo...
Jack Hall Oct 4, 2021

Canada Invokes Line 5 Treaty Rights; Whitmer 'Profoundly Disappointed'
Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Monday blasted the Canadian government after Canada invoked provisions in a 1977 treaty in a bid to keep the Line Five pipeline operating under the Straits of Mackinac. Wh...
Jack Hall Oct 4, 2021

Delta Variant Hurting Profitability Of Michigan Restaurants, Bars
The Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association (MRLA) today released state-specific results of a recent nationwide restaurant operator survey that indicated a significant slowing down of any sort o...
Jack Hall Oct 4, 2021

Michigan Students Encouraged To Walk To School On Wednesday
Michigan students will be joining schoolchildren from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Day (W2SD) on Wednesday, October 6. Coordinated by the Michigan Fitness Foundation (MFF...
Jack Hall Oct 4, 2021

Whitmer Vetoes Election Bills; Says They Promote Trump's 'Big Lie'
At the 66th annual NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit on Sunday evening, Governor Whitmer vetoed several bills, including House Bills 4492, 4837, and 4838, which attempted to either suppress the vot...
Jack Hall Oct 4, 2021

NMU Holding Essay Contest For Upper Peninsula H.S. Seniors
Upper Peninsula high school seniors who plan to enroll at a college or university in fall 2022 and pursue a health care field are invited to participate in an essay contest celebrating National Rural ...
Jack Hall Oct 4, 2021

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