Category Archives: News

OSF's Michigan Nurses Not Required To Take COVID Vaccine
Escanaba's OSF Saint Francis Hospital is clarifying this week's press release which announced that all O-S-F employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face termination. The hospital now says th...
Jack Hall Jul 22, 2021

Michigan Families Continue To Receive Food Assistance
All Michigan families who are eligible for food assistance benefits are receiving an additional monthly payment in July in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Dep...
Jack Hall Jul 22, 2021

American Legion Baseball U.P. Finals To Air On RRN Stations
The American Legion Baseball Upper Peninsula Zone Five tournament will be held this weekend, with 21 games scheduled in Escanaba and Gladstone over four days. Seventeen of those games will be broadcas...
Jack Hall Jul 21, 2021

Michigan House Votes To Repeal 1945 Governors' Powers Law
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH JAKE PUTALA, UNLOCK MICHIGAN U.P. DIRECTOR Unlock Michigan's effort to repeal the 1945 emergency powers law that Governor Gretchen Whitmer used to impose COVID...
Jack Hall Jul 21, 2021

Portion Of Escanaba's South 10th Street Closed Thursday, Friday
The City of Escanaba says that the 300 block South 10th Street will be closed to all thru traffic on Thursday, July 22nd and Friday, July 23rd until work is completed. The road closure is due to fault...
Jack Hall Jul 21, 2021

UP Regional Blood Center Makes Another Appeal For Donations
The UP Regional Blood Center is currently experiencing a CRITICAL NEED for ALL blood types. The UP Regional Blood Center has collection sites in Marquette, Hancock, Escanaba and is the primary supplie...
Jack Hall Jul 21, 2021

OSF Health Care Requiring All Employees To Get COVID Vaccine
OSF Health Care announced today that they will require all Mission Partners (employees) to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of September of this year. OSF HealthCare employs nearly 24,000 Mis...
Jack Hall Jul 21, 2021

Houghton County Airport To Receive $1.1 Million From Feds
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will be awarding $1,122,990 to Houghton County Memorial Airport. This funding will go...
Jack Hall Jul 21, 2021

Changes Coming For Eastern Upper Peninsula Mental Health Court
The 93rd District Court has announced several program changes to the Eastern Upper Peninsula Regional Mental Health Court (EUPMHC), beginning with a change in leadership. The program coordinator posit...
Jack Hall Jul 21, 2021

Two Incumbents, Four Challengers Running For Escanaba City Council
There will be six people on the ballot this November for the Escanaba City Council election. City Clerk Phil DeMay says nominating petitions were due on Tuesday, which is exactly 15 weeks before Elect...
Jack Hall Jul 21, 2021

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