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Chinook and coho salmon runs begin as DNR gears up for egg takes

The days are getting cooler, the leaves are beginning to change and the salmon are starting their annual spawning runs – all signs that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is preparing for Chinook and coho salmon egg takes. Managing Michigan’s world-class fisheries is dependent on ...

Governor Whitmer makes appointments to board and commissions

LANSING — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Michigan State Waterways Commission, Michigan Interagency Council on Homelessness, and the Chair of the Michigan Community Corrections Board. Michigan State Waterways Commission — Barbara A. Brooks, ...

Free COVID-19 antigen testing and vaccination clinics announced

HANCOCK — The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department announces that it has partnered with the Michigan National Guard to provide weekly free community wide COVID-19 antigen testing and vaccination sites at several locations in the health district. The free clinics begin this week and run ...