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Debate over wolf hunt continues
April 13, 2013 MARQUETTE — The state Senate Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes Committee passed legislation to the full Senate on a 5-2 vote Thursday that could counter efforts by animal rights... more »» 
New SMH facility opens
April 13, 2013 MANISTIQUE — The staff of Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital didn’t let bad weather stop them from cutting the ribbon on their new hospital building — they just moved the ceremony indoor. more »»
Snowstorm closes area schools
April 12, 2013 A storm that dropped heavy snow in the area overnight has caused some school cancelations. more »» 
Winter won’t release grip on Upper Peninsula
April 12, 2013 ESCANABA — Heavy snows hit the Upper Peninsula Thursday night producing dangerous road conditions and forcing many schools to close today. more »» 
No leads in Campbell death
April 12, 2013 ESCANABA — Two years ago this week, the body of 26-year-old Adam Campbell was found in a burning vehicle in Escanaba. The police investigation into his unexplained death remains open. more »»
Senate panel OKs bill for wolf hunt
April 12, 2013 TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — A state Senate committee approved legislation Thursday that could block voters from deciding whether to allow wolf hunting in Michigan. more »»
Governor’s Medicaid expansion rejected
April 12, 2013 LANSING (AP) — Republican-led legislative panels on Thursday rejected expanding Medicaid eligibility to 320,000 Michigan residents next year but left open the possibility of reversing course in... more »»
DNR seeks U.P. wolf hunt
April 11, 2013 TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — State wildlife regulators will propose letting hunters kill several dozen gray wolves this fall in three sections of the Upper Peninsula where other methods have failed to... more »»
Gladstone among cities struggling with cost of retiree benefits
April 11, 2013 GLADSTONE — Gladstone is just one of the cities in Michigan struggling with the state’s $12.7 billion in unfunded municipal retirement benefits. more »»
Here it comes again: Area to get hit by storm
April 11, 2013 ESCANABA — The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a winter storm warning for the area. The warning will be in effect from 7 p.m. today until 11 a.m. Friday. more »»
Local Head Start loses $150,000
April 10, 2013 ESCANABA — Federal sequestration has led to reduction of the Head Start school year by up to 3 1/2 weeks in Menominee, Delta and Schoolcraft counties. more »» 
Road rehab: City crews repair streets, ready for Sheridan Road project
April 10, 2013 ESCANABA — Department of Public Works Director Bill Farrell met with the Escanaba City Council Monday to discuss the department’s work as part of the city’s budget hearings. more »»
Value of county land increases
April 10, 2013 ESCANABA — The value of land in Delta County has experienced an increase from 2012, as highlighted in an equalization report presented to the Delta County Board of Commissioners Tuesday. more »» 
U.P. unemployment rate up slightly
April 9, 2013 ESCANABA — The Upper Peninsula jobless rate edged up slightly in February to 10.5 percent, a gain of 0.2 of a percentage point over January’s rate of 1. more »» 
Make yourself at Home (and Garden Show)
April 9, 2013 ESCANABA — The Escanaba Noon Kiwanis Home & Garden Show and Pancake Days takes place Friday through Sunday in the Ruth Butler Exhibition Building at the U.P. State Fairgrounds. more »»
City talks plant closure
April 9, 2013 ESCANABA — The Escanaba City Council discussed the possibility of a referendum to close the Escanaba power plant during a budget hearing meeting Monday. more »»
Public safety updates council
April 9, 2013 ESCANABA — Escanaba Public Safety Director Ken Vanderlinden fielded questions about his department and its needs from the Escanaba City Council during a budget hearing Monday afternoon. more »»
Campgrounds to close?
April 8, 2013 MARQUETTE — Federal sequestration budget cuts could negatively affect the summer tourist season in the Upper Peninsula with the U.S. more »» |
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