Category Archives: News

U.P. Congressman Co-Sponors Opioid Addiction Bill
Today, Representatives Jack Bergman (R-MI), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Buddy Carter (R-GA), David Trone (D-MD), Hal Rogers (R-KY), and Ann Kuster (D-NH) introduced the Medication Access and Training Expansio...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2019

Peters Wants Answers On Census Bureau Staff Shoratge
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is pressing the U.S. Census Bureau to swiftly address staffing shortages identified in a ne...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2019

McBroom Praises Judge's Ruling On Pipeline Tunnel
State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, released the following statement after Michigan Court of Claims Judge Michael Kelly ruled on Thursday that construction of a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac is ...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2019

Semi Truck Driver Dies In Delta County Traffic Accident
On November 1st, 2019 at 10:31am, troopers from the Gladstone Post were dispatched to a crash involving a semi on US 2 near 24.5 Ln. in Nahma Twp. Investigation at the scene revealed, the driver of th...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2019

DNR Buys 2,103 Acres Of forest In Northern Lower Michigan
The real estate listing is enough to make any nature lover swoon: "Secluded 2,103 acres of ... woodland with cedar, pine and hardwood across Otsego and Cheboygan counties ... Private Storey Lake has a...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2019

State Officials Urge Residents To Get Flu Shots
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is encouraging all residents to protect themselves against influenza and its potentially life-threatening consequences by getting vaccinate...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2019

M-DOT Planning Maintenance Work On Portage Lift Bridge
Contractors for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be replacing fiber optic communications cable connectors on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock Nov. 3-10. W...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2019

Superior Watershed Partnership Gets Energy-Efficiency Grants
Help with heating and electric bills, affordable payment plans and self-sufficiency services including: energy education, financial counseling, free home energy score assessments and free solar panel ...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2019

State Lawmaker To Review Copper Country Flood Recovery
State Rep. Greg Markkanen of Hancock will be hosting the chairman of the Transportation Committee, Rep. Jack O'Malley, in the Copper Country to tour damage from the 2018 Father's Day Flood. The repres...
Jack Hall Nov 01, 2019

Governor Reaffirms Sovereignty Of Michigan Native Tribes
Today, during a summit of Michigan's tribal leaders, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2019-17. The executive directive reaffirms and extends Michigan's commitment to recognize the ...
Jack Hall Oct 31, 2019

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