Category Archives: News

Bay College Student Wins Statewide Writing Award
Each year, Bay College, along with all of Michigan's community colleges, participate in the Liberal Arts Network for Development (LAND) Writing Competition. During the fall semester, any current Bay C...
Jack Hall Jan 18, 2021

Delta County Chamber 'Fire And Ice' Cancelled In February
The Delta Chamber Board of Directors voted to not hold the Annual Fire and Ice Fundraising Gala in February. The event, which is typically held on the first Saturday in February, offers community memb...
Jack Hall Jan 18, 2021

DNR Taking Applications For U.P. Citizens Advisory Council
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is soliciting applications for open volunteer positions on both the Eastern and Western Upper Peninsula Citizens' Advisory Councils. The councils are desig...
Jack Hall Jan 18, 2021

Iron Mountain VA Begins Second Doses Of COVID Vaccine
Russell Nyman, Army Veteran from 1956-'58, has received his second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Nyman was one of the first Veterans enrolled in Iron Mountain VA services to receive the vaccin...
Jack Hall Jan 18, 2021

$25K Donation Given For GLRC's Men's New Hope House
On behalf of its 14 member hospitals across our region, Upper Peninsula Health Care Solutions (UPHCS) has made a $25,000 donation to Great Lakes Recovery Centers (GLRC) in support of their project to ...
Jack Hall Jan 17, 2021

Traverse City Jail Administrator Sentenced To Prison Time
A former Grand Traverse County Jail administrator was sentenced to prison today for misconduct in office, embezzlement and willful neglect of duty, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced. Tod...
Jack Hall Jan 17, 2021

Marquette County Plans Three More Vaccination Clinics
The Marquette County Health Department says it has received additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and will be moving forward later this week with three appointment-only sessions to get people vacc...
Jack Hall Jan 17, 2021

Three Eastern U.P. Waterways Closing To Shipping Tuesday
Captain of the Port Sault Sainte Marie will close three regional waterways in conjunction with the scheduled closure of the Soo Locks. Tuesday 19 January the West Neebish Channel and Pipe Island Chann...
Jack Hall Jan 16, 2021

LMAS: Demand For Vaccine 'Far Exceeds Our Supply'
The following message was sent to the community Friday afternoon by the Luce-Mackinac-Alger-Schoolcraft District Health Department regarding availablility of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eastern U.P: A...
Jack Hall Jan 15, 2021

Upper Peninsula Businesses To Receive $2.5 Million COVID Relief
A new round of grant funding is being made available by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) through the recently signed Michigan COVID Relief Plan. The bill includes $55 million to he...
Jack Hall Jan 15, 2021

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