CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH SUE SCHEENEMAN, OSF AUXILIARY The glowing tradition of the OSF HealthCare St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary "Lights of Love" annual campaign has kicked off for the 2025 holiday season to honor loved ones and pets. The lights will adorn a set of three trees along US Highwa...

The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center (OGJVAMC) has secured the number one ranking in the nation for placing homeless Veterans in permanent housing, according to an announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs National Homeless Program Office. Serving Veterans over a vast area of 21,000 square miles and across 1...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced today 13 community recreation facilities projects recommended for a combined $11.9 million in Land and Water Conservation Fund grants. "This year, the Land and Water Conservation Fund is directing just under $12 million in federal funds through the state of Mi...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR began its largest domestic icebreaking operation on Wednesday, Dec. 10, to prevent newly formed ice from hindering commercial traffic. Titled Operation Taconite, SPAR is assigned to manage the ice breaking needs to western Lake Superior. It is set to cover the twin ports of Duluth, Min...

Bay College is excited to welcome the award-winning duo Switchback back to the Besse Theater for a festive and energetic Celtic Christmas celebration. A Very Switchback Christmas will take place on Wednesday, December 10 at 7:00pm ET on the Escanaba Campus. Doors will open at 6:30pm ET. Featuring the internationally ac...

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey announced that Dalton Wayne Braun, 36, of Kingsford, was sentenced to 360 months in prison followed by 120 months of supervised release for the sexual exploitation of a child. During sentencing, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker noted that the case in...

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey announced that a federal jury convicted Kyle Lee Dean, (45, L'Anse, Michigan) of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Dean will be sentenced in 2026. On January 20, 2024, Dean went to the victim's house that is ...

The House of Ludington, built in the 1860's in downtown Escanaba, went up in flames Friday morning. The call came in just after 10:00. Several township fire departments are helping Escanaba Public Safety battle this blaze in very cold conditions. Heavy smoke is filling the downtown area and flames can still be seen fro...

CLICK TO HEAR JACK HALL'S INTERVIEW WITH STATE VETERNARIAN SCOTT LARSEN, AND DNR WATERFOWL SPECIALIST KALI RUSH. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has reported increasing outbreaks of HPAI in commercial and backyard poultry flocks, including new detections in counties with popular waterfowl h...

Storms that hit the region over the past week have left snowmobile trails impassable across portions of six Upper Peninsula counties. "Some snowmobile clubs are out clearing trails, others are continuing to assess the damage caused by freezing rain, followed by heavy snow and gusting winds, which knocked trees and...