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Ontonagon Bank Listed As Possible COVID Expoosure Site
Health department officials in the western U.P. say the Citizens State Bank in Ontonagon is a possible COVID exposure site between October 16th and this past Wednesday. The details are posted below:
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2020

Breitung Township Offices Closing Due To Positive Tests
Due to office employees testing positive for COVID-19, the Breitung Township offices are CLOSED. If you're wanting to get an absentee ballot, please contact the City of Kingsford at 906-774-3526. On b...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2020

Superior Entertainment Center Possible Exposure Site
The Marquette County Health Department said Sunday night that the Superior Entertainment Center is a potential coronavirus exposure site. This is for people who visited the business on the nights of O...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2020

Some Gwinn Elementary Grades Switch To Virtual Learning
Gwinn Area Community Schools announces all Gilbert Elementary School second grade students are moving to remote learning starting Monday, November 2nd through Wednesday, November 11th. In-person instr...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2020

Michigan Adds 3,800 New Cases; 200 In Upper Peninsula
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday reported 3,792 new coronavirus positive test results, and eleven new deaths. State officials also went through death certificates and m...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2020

National Guard To Resume Testing Events In Upper Peninsula
The Michigan National Guard will resume its community based COVID-19 testing mission, conducted in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and local health departments, b...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2020

M-DOT: Be Alert When Clocks Turn Back This Weekend
When the ghosts, goblins, vampires, witches, and zombies return home on Halloween night, the clocks will "fall back" to standard time on Sunday, Nov. 1, causing a fright when we lose light one hour ea...
Jack Hall Oct 31, 2020

Little Lake's Throttle Bar Listed As COVID Exposure Site
The Marquette County Health Department said Friday evening that The Throttle Bar and Grill on M-35 in Little Lake is a possible COVID-19 public exposure site. This was announced after contact tracing ...
Jack Hall Oct 30, 2020

Iron Mountain VA Medical Center Completes Expansion
The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain dedicated the newest addition to its facility October 28 with a ribbon cutting ceremony on their main campus. The $12.1M project adds 12,300 squ...
Jack Hall Oct 30, 2020

Benson: 2.6 Million Michigan Citizens Already Cast Ballots
More than 2.6 million Michigan citizens have already voted in the Nov. 3 election. That's nearly half the 5.08 million total turnout in the 2008 presidential election, which was the highest turnout in...
Jack Hall Oct 30, 2020

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