Category Archives: News

NMU Sports Hall of Famer Rose Dies At 72
Northern Michigan University Sports Hall of Famer, Ted Rose, has passed away at the age of 72. Rose was a four-time letter-winner for the Wildcats from the 1966-67 season to the 1969-70 season who mad...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

Former Senator Mack's Sculpture In McBroom's Office
State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, recently welcomed to his Lansing office Gary Mack, who is the son of former state Sen. Joe Mack, D-Ironwood. McBroom and Mack are pictured before a sculpture that was ...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

Northern Michigan University Praised As Bike-Friendly
Northern Michigan University has achieved bronze-level Bicycle Friendly University status, according to the awards announced Oct. 17 by the League of American Bicyclists. NMU is making its first appea...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

Michigan Sierra Club Endorses Peters For Re-election
The Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club today announced its endorsement of U.S. Senator Gary Peters in the 2020 Senate election in Michigan. "We are proud to announce today that the Sierra Club offici...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

U.P. School Superintendents Blast Governor's Vetoes
The superintendents of school in five small eastern Upper Peninsula school districts have written a scathing letter to Governor Gretchen Whitmer in the wake of her line-item veto that cut $7 million i...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

Michigan Flags Lowered To Honor Congressman Cummings
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and on all public buildings and grounds throughout the state of Michigan, to be lowered to half-staff imm...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

Michigan To Receive $117 Million From Johnson & Johnson
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced a multistate settlement requiring Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. to pay Michigan $3,269,523 million for their deceptive ma...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

'MI Power Grid' Continues Transition Into Clean Energy
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Public Service Commission today announced the launch of a new initiative designed to guide Michigan residents and businesses through the energy industry's rapid ...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

Three Bergman Veteran Bills Pass House Committee
Congressman Jack Bergman says that three of his bills advanced Wednesday through the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs during a Full Committee Markup. Each piece of legislation was approved unanimo...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

State Designates 154 Schools As 'HEARTSafe' Schools
The Michigan Departments of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Education (MDE), American Heart Association, Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) and Michigan Alliance for Prevention of...
Jack Hall Oct 17, 2019

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