Category Archives: News

Marquette County Residents Asked To Take Health Needs Survey
UP Health System - Marquette (UPHS - Marquette), in collaboration with other local health professionals and stakeholders, is building a road map to health for the people of Marquette County, identifyi...
Jack Hall Jan 28, 2025

Escanaba Considering Establishing 'Social District' In Downtown Area
The Escanaba Downtown Development Authority is recommending that the Escanaba City Council approve a Social District for a portion of the downtown. DDA Chair Sue Parker said the social district would ...
Jack Hall Jan 28, 2025

AG Nessel Goes Back To Court In Effort To Shut Down Mackinac Pipeline
Attorneys for the Department of Attorney General gave oral arguments Monday before Judge James S. Jamo of the Ingham County Circuit Court in Nessel v. Enbridge, seeking to shut down Line 5 in the Stra...
Jack Hall Jan 28, 2025

Green Bay Man Arrested, Arraigned On Drugs Charges In Escanaba
Michigan State Police (MSP) Gladstone Post troopers have arrested a 56-year-old man from Green Bay, Wisconsin for possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of analogues. On ...
Jack Hall Jan 28, 2025

State Infrastructure Group Delivers Road-Repair Proposal To Legistature
CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH LANCE BINONIEMI, MITA The Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA) announced it had delivered documents to each legislator highlighting ...
Jack Hall Jan 27, 2025

Escanaba Businesses Can Apply For $25,000 'Match On Main' Grant
With the re-certification as a Redevelopment Ready Community, businesses in downtown Escanaba are now able to apply for a state Match on Main grant to improve or upgrade their business. The $25,000 gr...
Jack Hall Jan 27, 2025

Upper Peninsula Young Writers Storytelling Workshops Planned In Marquette
The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Author's Association (UPPAA) is excited to announce that the Young Writers Storytelling Workshop will be back for a second year and has grown since its debut in 2024...
Jack Hall Jan 27, 2025

First National Bank Donates Teddy Bears To Police, First Responders
First National's Project Teddy Bear program committee is pleased to announce that the 2024 holiday season drive collected nearly 500 new stuffed toys for donation to local emergency responders, crisis...
Jack Hall Jan 27, 2025

Norway Man Celebrates 102nd Birthday At VA Medical Center
Elmer Alexanderson of Norway, Michigan, celebrated his 102-year birthday January 23 at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center. Mr. Alexanderson served in the Army during World War II from 1943 to 1945...
Jack Hall Jan 27, 2025

Detroit-Area Woman Charged With Smuggling Drugs Into U.P. Prison
A woman from Redford, Michigan has been arrested and arraigned in court after smuggling drugs and communications items into a correctional facility. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Po...
Jack Hall Jan 24, 2025

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Local News from the RRN News Center
UPAWS Holiday Cat Adoption Event This Weekend
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Marquette St. Vincent DePaul Planning Expansion Of Facility
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Escanaba Man Convicted Of Murdering Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend
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BE NICE: Annual 'Spread Goodness Day' Set For This Friday
Mar 12, 2026
Red Cross Holding Blood Drives Across Upper Peninsula
Mar 12, 2026
300 AND THEN SOME: Keweenaw Reaches Snow Milestone
Mar 12, 2026
Four Illinois Visitors Fined, Banned For Vandalism At Pictured Rocks
Mar 12, 2026
DNR Outlines Fish Survey Results From Lakes Superior, Michigan
Mar 11, 2026
Upper Peninsula Receives $1.3 Million In Arts, Culture Funding
Mar 11, 2026












