Category Archives: News
Michigan Sets Weekly Record For Recoveries; U.P. Adds 57 Cases
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday reported 3,896 new positive test results and 32 new deaths. State officials also went through death certificates and matched them with ...
Dec 19, 2020
Delta County Sheriff Investigating Stolen Car, Suspicious Man
On 12-19-20, about 1:23am, Deputies with the Delta County Sheriff's Office responded to M-35 near No-See-Um Creek (about 7.5 miles south of Escanaba) for a suspicious male subject in a driveway. While...
Dec 19, 2020
Vehicle Crashes Into Several Parked Cars In Gladstone
An Escanaba man escaped serious injury Saturday after crashing into several parked vehicles in Gladstone. Gladstone Public Safety says the accident happened at about 2:15 in the afternoon when the 52-...
Dec 19, 2020
Mackinac Bridge Painting Project Wins National Award
The Mackinac Bridge tower painting project has won yet another national award, this time from the National Council of Structural Engineers (NCSEA). Ruby+Associates of Bingham Farms was named the Outst...
Dec 19, 2020
State Taking Proposals For Apprenticeship Expansion
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) released a competitive Request for Proposals to fund registered apprenticeship expansion across the state. More than $11 million is avai...
Dec 19, 2020
Cambensy Calls On Whitmer To Work With Legislature On Restrictions
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon announced today that they would be extending a revised version of the state's epidemic order that woul...
Dec 18, 2020
Bill Passes To Rename Bridge After Casperson; Road After Lauren, Riling
The Senate on Friday finalized a bill sponsored by Sen. Ed McBroom that would rename the bridge on U.S. 2 that crosses the Escanaba River as the Senator Tom Casperson Memorial Bridge. "Tom Casperson m...
Dec 18, 2020
Catholic Bishops: 'Morally Permissible' To Take COVID Vaccine
The following is a statement from all of Michigan's Catholic Bishops, including Marquette Bishop John Doerfler, on whether followers should take the COVID-19 vaccines: In these Advent days of preparat...
Dec 18, 2020
Three U.P. Men Get Prison Time In Crystal Meth Conspiracy
Three Houghton County co-conspirators have been sentenced to prison for their role in conspiring to distribute more than 50 grams of crystal methamphetamine in the Upper Peninsula. Ryan Lee Timko, 34,...
Dec 18, 2020
High School Football, Volleyball To Resume; Others Still On Hold
The three remaining Fall tournaments still to be completed this 2020 season by the Michigan High School Athletic Association will resume, with teams allowed to restart practice Monday, Dec. 21, accord...
Dec 18, 2020
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Local News from the RRN News Center
Michigan 'Pothole Payback' Contest Begins; Highlights Vehicle Damage
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UP Construction Council Taking Applications For Summer Camp
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Michigan's New Fishing Season Sees U.P. Regulation Changes
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Gogebic County Sheriff Gives Update On Death Of 2-Year-Old Boy
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Ishpeming Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charges
Apr 02, 2026
UPPCO Getting Ready, Stresses Safety, As Ice Storm Approaches
Apr 02, 2026
Michigan DNR Welcomes Reports Of Dead Fish As Spring Begins
Apr 02, 2026
NO APRIL FOOL'S JOKE: Storm To Bring Snow, Ice To UP, Northern Wisconsin
Mar 31, 2026
Man Sentenced To 25-40 Years In 2023 Attack On U.P. State Police Post
Mar 31, 2026
