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Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Gary McDowell is taking steps to protect the state's pine trees from a potentially devastating exotic pest-the mountain pine b...

The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP) partnered with the Marquette U.S. Coast Guard station to send Great Lakes Conservation Corps (GLCC) members to provide service to the historic Stannard Rock Li...

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) again will meet virtually Thursday, Oct. 1. The MBA Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. followed by the MBA's reg...

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced today that sororities and fraternities from across the state Michigan campuses have committed to recruit election workers for the Nov. 3 general election. T...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported 898 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday and 20 new deaths. Michigan now has 123,633 positive test results since the crisis began back in Marc...

Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer took further action to save lives and protect the health and safety of Michiganders by extending the State of Emergency until October 27, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Executive ...

As part of the Michigan Small Business Restart Program, a combined $4.5 million has been awarded to 730 businesses and non-profits across the Upper Peninsula. Businesses located in each of the 15 U.P....

Island Resort & Casino has announced that the Clint Black concert, originally scheduled for Oct. 16 and 17, 2020 is being rescheduled to May 14 and 15, 2021. Tickets already purchased will be good...

Escanaba School Superintendent Coby Fletcher issued a press release on Tuesday to answer questions raised by parents and others about his decision to close the high school and junior high to in-person...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH GOV. GRETCHEN WHITMER Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in the Upper Peninsula Tuesday. She will meet with health officials in Houghton to try to understand why the...