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Sunday, December 14, 2025
This summer, U.P. public health departments teamed up to promote the importance of local public health, to raise awareness of the public health services provided in local communities, and to build stronger community relationships. To bring these goals to life, the six U.P. health departments formed the U.P. Local Public […]
The Mackinac Bridge is auctioning off bridge tokens that stopped being accepted at the end of 2022. According to the bridge, there are 96 used circulated tokens being auctioned off in various conditions and random tokens. The Mackinac Bridge Authority stopped accepting tokens as of Sept. 10, 2019, but still […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is taking a major step in addressing homelessness in the community. The Tribe has converted a former motel into transitional housing to create what is only the second homeless shelter in the Upper Peninsula. What used […]
The Chippewa County Health Department has issued an advisory to recreational swimmersto be aware of possible infections with SWIMMER’S ITCH, which has been detected inpeople swimming in the surface waters of Lake Superior in areas of Whitefish Bay off WestLakeshore Drive/Curley Lewis Highway, and Waishkey Bay, in Bay Mills Township,Michigan. […]
BAY MILLS — Individuals holding a basic EMT certification will have the opportunity to upgrade their skills this fall as Bay Mills Community College begins offering paramedic certification. The five-term paramedic certification program was given Letter of Review status from the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency […]
When Mitzi Hoffman saw a photo of the doll, she wanted it. “There has to be a way to get it,” the Royal Oak woman in her 70s wrote the Free Press, trying to find out if the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer doll was possibly for sale. If so, she’d buy […]
The Soo Locks in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — sometimes known as the “linchpin of the Great Lakes” and a vital cog in international shipping — could be reexamined for possible security issues under legislation pending in Congress. Led by U.S. Rep. John James, R-Shelby Township, the bill would require the […]
As evictions go up and now that major COVID-19 pandemic housing protections have ended, renters should know what Michigan law spells out for both landlords and tenants. Eviction is the process that allows a landlord to legally remove a renter from their property. It’s illegal for a landlord to force […]
In 1992, early in his law enforcement career, Larry Weeks applied for one of 16 openings in the Grand Rapids Police Department. There were 250 applicants. Three decades later, Weeks is the police chief in mid-Michigan’s Eaton Rapids, and can’t find people who want to be police officers. He had […]
ST. IGNACE, Mich. - Due to relatively limited use by customers, combined with administrative costs associated with currency exchange, the Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) will no longer accept Canadian cash for tolls as of Oct. 1, 2023. “As the Mackinac Bridge is not an international bridge, and we cannot offer […]