LANSING — The Michigan departments of Agriculture and Rural Development and Labor and Economic Opportunity are leading efforts to help fill critical food and agriculture jobs that are emerging due, in large part, to the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of the collaborative effort includes raising ...

The Rice Memorial Clinic Foundation is very pleased to publicize the Community Mental Health Careers Scholarship Award Recipients. — Baraga High School: Riley Koski — Calumet High School: Ellen Sturos — Chassell High School: Katie Huhta — Ewen-Trout Creek High School: Gracie ...

Due to Executive Order 2020-21, the May 27 Copper Country Mental Health Services Board meeting will be held virtually with Board Members and Staff attending remotely through Zoom conferencing.
 Public Participation:
 There will be two options for public participation in this meeting: ...

The Copper Country Intermediate School District Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting virtually on Tuesday, May 19. Career Tech Education continues to grow every year since the passage of the CTE millage in the CCISD. As of right now 350 students have expressed interest in a CTE ...

LANSING — Michigan National Guard units from Bay City, Saginaw, Port Huron, and other nearby communities have responded to a request for assistance following massive flooding in the Midland area resulting from the breach of the Edenville and Sanford Dams. The Michigan State Police (MSP) ...

It was a long, tough battle. But in the end, Mohawk Superette was declared the winner of the Keweenaw Pasty Challenge after defeating Toni’s Country Kitchen of Laurium this past Monday. Running from Apr. 13 to May 18, the Keweenaw Pasty Challenge is an online voting competition patterned ...

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has created a web page to post updates, documents and information from EGLE related to the Midland area dam failures. Of the four affected dams near the Midland emergency, the Secord Dam, Smallwood Dam and ...

Despite sunny skies and warming temperatures, the coronavirus has forced many to cancel their annual Memorial Day Weekend travels to the Keweenaw this year. For those yearning for a taste of the great outdoors, you don’t have to miss out thanks to this year’s virtual Experience the Keweenaw ...

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Administration is giving Michigan counties the option of using state County Veteran Service Fund (CVSF) grants directly for COVID-19 emergency assistance to veterans and their families. The move, facilitated by the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA), ...

LANSING — The Michigan Public Service Commission today asked Michiganders — from homeowners doing backyard projects to businesses engaging in major construction — to not wait until the last minute to have underground utilities marked by MISS DIG 811. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an ...

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel are committed to exploring any legal avenue available to assist Michigan residents who are recovering from the flood in Midland County and secure compensation for damages to public property and natural resources. Gov. Whitmer ...

LANSING – After three days of testimony across two counties involving five victims, former priest Gary Allen Jacobs was bound over to circuit court for trial on a total of 11 criminal sexual conduct charges that he reportedly committed in the 1980s while serving as a priest under the Catholic ...

LANSING — Nearly 24 hours before the Edenville Dam in Midland County collapsed Tuesday, conservation officers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources began evacuating people in homes and businesses positioned downriver of the dam. With historic flood levels expected, the officers ...

LANSING — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-92, allowing for the reopening, in two regions, of retail businesses, office work that cannot be done remotely, and restaurants and bars with limited seating. The two regions are both in the northern part of the ...

BARAGA, GOGEBIC, HOUGHTON, KEWEENAW, and ONTONAGON – The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) continues to investigate the recent COVID-19 case in a Gogebic County resident announced over the weekend. The person has a recent travel history to an urban area in another state. WUPHD ...

LANSING — The State of Michigan has been awarded more than $35 million in additional federal funding to help vulnerable households struggling to afford utility bills during the COVID-19 pandemic, as radio broadcasters across the state air public service announcements alerting Michiganders to ...

The Village of Calumet will conduct a public hearing on June 4 at 5:30 p.m. via gotomeeting, for the purpose of affording citizens an opportunity to examine and submit comments on the proposed Zoning Ordinance changes, as well as the Adult Use Marihuana Ordinance. Further information, ...

LANSING — Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed Executive Order 2020-90, which allows laboratory research to resume under stringent precautionary measures. “The reopening of laboratory research in Michigan marks another step toward reopening our economy and getting Michiganders back to ...

LANSING — In support of businesses navigating their way through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan Department of Treasury today issued a notice that provides business taxpayers additional time to pay their Sales, Use and Withholding (SUW) taxes. Business taxpayers who were scheduled to make ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public review and comments regarding a draft Cultural Resources Management Plan and draft Environmental Assessment for Lighthouse Island of the Huron National Wildlife Refuge in Lake Superior (Marquette County, MI). Lighthouse Island is the only ...