Category Archives: News

Michigan Adds 3,881 Cases In Two-Day Totals; 200+ In Upper Peninsula
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday reported 3,881 new positive test results and 29 new deaths. These numbers are two-day numbers, since reports are not issued on Sundays. M...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2020

Michigan Senators Oppose Barrett Confirmation To Supreme Court
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) will vote no Monday evening on the vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. In a speech on the U.S. Senate floor yesterday, Senator Stabenow ...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2020

WNMU Public TV 13 Joins Michigan Learning Channel
WNMU-TV at Northern Michigan University has joined the Michigan Learning Channel, a statewide public television partnership offering instructional content to support the education of students and to p...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2020

Helen Newberry Joy Hospital Doctor Tests Positive For COVID-19
Helen Newberry Joy Hospital has been notified that one of our providers tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Sheppard wanted to share his identity while he recovers at home. He sees patients in the Manis...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2020

Escanaba Jr/Sr High, Lemmer Schools Going Virtual Rest Of Week
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH COBY FLETCHER The Escanaba Area Public Schools announced Monday afternoon that classes will be held on-line only for the rest of this week for junior and senio...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2020

Bay College Receives Continued Funding For TRIO Services
Bay College was recently awarded a 1.7 million dollar, five-year, TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant from the Department of Education. The grant will fund the staff and services that make up th...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2020

Work Wraps Up On Four Rain Gardens In Marquette
As part of the Great Lakes One Water (GLOW) partnership, and in collaboration with the Superior Watershed Partnership, the Community Foundation of Marquette County is proud to announce the completion ...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2020

U.P. Nears 5,000 Total Cases; Delta County Crosses 1,000
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday reported 3,338 new positive test results and eight new deaths. State officials also went through death certificates and matched them to...
Jack Hall Oct 26, 2020

Marquette County Health Officials Address COVID Spike
Why are coronavirus cases increasing in Marquete County, and in the Upper Peninsula as a whole? The Marquette County Health Department put out an explanation, suggesting that there are a number of fac...
Jack Hall Oct 25, 2020

Homicide Suspect Shot Dead By Police In Marinette Co.
Two people are dead after an incident at a home in Goodman, Wis., just south of the Upper Peninsula border Friday evenining. The Wisconsin Department of Justice says that Marinette County Sheriff's De...
Jack Hall Oct 25, 2020

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