Category Archives: News

Sen. Peters Wants More Money To Battle PFAS In Michigan
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) urged robust federal funding and support in upcoming government funding legislation to help combat the ongoing PFAS crisis in Michigan and across the country. In a letter...
Jack Hall Sep 16, 2020

House Committee Passes Plan To Bill China For Virus Damages
The Michigan House Military, Veterans and Homeland Security Committee today approved a bipartisan plan authored by state Rep. Beau LaFave, of Iron Mountain, which would hold the communist Chinese gove...
Jack Hall Sep 16, 2020

Menominee County Reports First Coronavirius Death
Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM) received notification today of the first local death attributed to COVID-19. The female was hospitalized on August 31, 2020 and passed away Septembe...
Jack Hall Sep 16, 2020

Michigan Adds 571 New Positive Tests; 22 In Upper Peninsula
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported 571 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday and six new deaths. State officials also went through death certificates and matched them to previous...
Jack Hall Sep 15, 2020

Marquette Community Foundation Gives $128,000 In Grants
The Paul F. Blewett Legacy Funds were established at the Community Foundation of Marquette County in 2010, to provide support to multiple local and regional organizations that Paul cared most about. T...
Jack Hall Sep 15, 2020

U.P. Congressman At White House For Peace Deal Ceremony
Today, Rep. Jack Bergman attended the signing ceremony of agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. He issued the following statement: "Having worked closely with our ally Is...
Jack Hall Sep 15, 2020

No U.P. K-12 School-Based Infections; MTU Outbreak Listed
No Upper Peninsula K-12 school districts reported positive cases in the first MDHHS report on school-based infections. State officials say these reports are only based on people whose infection is dir...
Jack Hall Sep 14, 2020

Markkanen Testifies In Favor Of In-Home Child Care
State Rep. Greg Markkanen recently testified before the House Families, Children and Seniors Committee in support of his plan to improve access to child care for Upper Peninsula families. Markkanen, o...
Jack Hall Sep 14, 2020

State To Start Posting School COVID Outbreak Info Monday
In an effort to provide accurate and timely information about COVID-19 in Michigan schools, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) will begin reporting outbreak information by sc...
Jack Hall Sep 14, 2020

Inmates Take Over Prison Housing Unit; Officers Regain Control
Inmates inside the Chippewa Correctional Facility near Sault Ste. Marie took over a wing of the prison late Sunday night, after a fight broke out between three-prisoners in a level two housing area. B...
Jack Hall Sep 14, 2020

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Local News from the RRN News Center
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