Category Archives: News

MSU Extension Offering Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes Workshops
Registrations are open now for a workshop to help people with diabetes or pre=diabetes. They're being run in a Zoom format through the Michigan State University Extension. Could you have prediabetes? ...
Jack Hall Mar 24, 2021

Art Sale This Weekend In Marquette For Scholarship Program
The first two phases of the Susan Reyes Schumacher Memorial Fundraising Art Sale were a great success, raising more than $2,500 for local non-profits to help cancer patients in Marquette County. The f...
Jack Hall Mar 24, 2021

Michigan DNR Firefighters Resuming Prescribed Burns This Spring
Michigan DNR firefighters this spring will resume doing prescribed burns - the carefully considered use of fire to improve wildlife habitat, get rid of invasive plant species that can crowd out native...
Jack Hall Mar 24, 2021

Michigan Adds 3,500 New Positive Tests; 37 In Upper Peninsula
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reported 3,579 new coronavirus cases and eight new deaths. State officials also went through death certificates and matched them to prev...
Jack Hall Mar 23, 2021

Peregrine Falcon Nest Boxes Moved From Portage Lift Bridge
Nesting boxes for peregrine falcons on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge have been removed this spring due to the need for bridge repairs. Peregrine falcons have been nesting on the bridge since 2013, afte...
Jack Hall Mar 23, 2021

Marquette County Cases Increasing; Officials Blame U.K. Variant
The Marquette County Health Department said Tuesday that there is a "strong possibility" that the county is entering an "new and accelerated" wave of COVID-19 infections. The department says it can co...
Jack Hall Mar 23, 2021

State Revisiting Using Physical Restraints On Teen Offenders
Michigan youth who are under state care and supervision in child-caring institutions and juvenile justice facilities will be safer because of the work of a diverse group of child welfare stakeholders ...
Jack Hall Mar 23, 2021

Sen. Peters Concerned With Postal Service Ten-Year Plan
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the recently released 10-year strategic plan from Postmaster ...
Jack Hall Mar 23, 2021

Traffic Delays Expected Thursday On Danforth Road
The City of Escanaba says that EL&S Railroad will be working on the crossing on Danforth Road near Bay College on Thursday, starting at 9:00 am, weather permitting. Traffic delays can be expected,...
Jack Hall Mar 23, 2021

Whitmer Announces 21 'Rebuild Michigan' Projects; One In U.P.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today announced the first 21 state highway projects starting throughout the state as part of the 2021 Michigan Department of Transportation construction season. These project...
Jack Hall Mar 23, 2021

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