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Portage Lift Bridge Maintenance Scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be conducting routine scheduled maintenance of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock beginning Tuesday, requiring bridge lifts...
Jack Hall Jul 27, 2020

Peters Calls On FEMA Support For Helping Schools Re-Open
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help support schools in Mic...
Jack Hall Jul 27, 2020

Michigan Adds 488 New Cases; Six More In Marquette County
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported Monday afternoon 488 new coronavirus cases and five new deaths in the state. The state has now seen 78,507 confirmed cases since the crisi...
Jack Hall Jul 27, 2020

Trail Re-Opens In Houghton County After Health Advisory Lifted
A state-managed off-road vehicle route between the Portage Lift Bridge and Dollar Bay in Houghton County has been re-opened after work was completed to create an interim bypass trail route. The Michig...
Jack Hall Jul 27, 2020

Upper Peninsula Wolf Population Remains Steady
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said today that the state's wolf population has remained relatively stable over the past nine years, with the most recent survey completed this past winter...
Jack Hall Jul 27, 2020

Marquette Man Sentenced For Child Sexual Abuse
Stephen Andrew Waligore, age 41, recently of Marquette, was sentenced to prison with the Michigan Department of Corrections on July 22, 2020 after previously pleading guilty to seven counts of Aggrava...
Jack Hall Jul 27, 2020

Whitmer Signs Youth Work Permit; E-Signature Orders
Governor Whitmer Monday signed Executive Order 2020-157, lifting a paperwork requirement for youth work permits that would require additional in-person interactions, and Executive Order 2020-158, whic...
Jack Hall Jul 27, 2020

Logging Truck Accident On US-2 In Iron Mountain
The Iron Mountain Fire Department and the Iron Mountain Police Department were dispatched to US-2 at Hamiliton at 5:33 a.m. Monday morning in reference to a traffic crash involving a logging truck. It...
Jack Hall Jul 27, 2020

Michigan Reports No New Virus Deaths; 2,300 More Recoveries
There were no new deaths reported on Sunday due to the coronavirus here in Michigan. That's according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service. In fact, state officials announced this we...
Jack Hall Jul 26, 2020

Man Given 21 Years For Bringing Meth Into Upper Peninsula
U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Rodgers Lee Shealy was sentenced this week to 21 years of imprisonment by Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker. Shealy pled guilty in August 2019 to con...
Jack Hall Jul 24, 2020

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