GRAHAM JAEHNIG – The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners has adopted the Articles of Incorporation of the Keweenaw Heartlands Recreational and Natural Resources Authority. The Board unanimously adopted the articles at a scheduled special meeting Monday evening. The adoption allows ...
BARAGA — The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced pay rate increases of approximately $10,000 to new officer recruits at five Upper Peninsula facilities on Friday. The announcement comes as a part of the MDOC Safe Prison Initiative, a portion of it aims to increase recruitment ...
(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Laws that would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients are being considered once again in ...
WHITE PINE – A press release from Invest UP indicated Kinterra Capital Corporation has secured $75 million in co-investment financing to support continued work on the proposed White Pine North Project in Ontonagon County. According to the Thursday release, the funding will help advance ...
HOUGHTON – Motorists will experience intermittent lane closures on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge from now until Thursday, according to Dan Weingarten, communications representative with the Michigan Department of Transportation. Weingarten said MDOT crews began routine bridge washing ...
HOUGHTON – Calls for police presence have been steadily increasing in the region over the past five years, and the increase is creating critical situations. Keweenaw County Sheriff Kurt Pennala brought up that topic at the regular May meeting of the Keweenaw County Board, saying that while ...
