Updated: 16 minutes ago
|By Alissa Pietila
Out of the 41,009 diagnostic test results reported to the state from Upper Michigan, 1.26 percent have come back positive for COVID-19 as of August 6.
Updated: 17 minutes ago
|By Andrew LaCombe and Alissa Pietila
UpperMichigansSource.com has the coronavirus case count, deaths, and recoveries reported for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Updated: 29 minutes ago
|By Remi Murrey
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says just over 2.5 million people voted in this August primary, with 1.6 million voters casting their ballot through the mail, making this the highest number of absentee ballots ever casted in Michigan’s history.
Updated: 36 minutes ago
An executive order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer outlines required protections at these facilities, safeguarding the health and safety of residents and employees. These include mask mandates, visitor restrictions and required communication of positive cases. Willful violations of these orders are a criminal offense, which carries a penalty of 90 days in jail and a $500 fine for each offense.
Updated: 36 minutes ago
|By TV6 News Team
Portage Health Foundation is bringing trucks to L’Anse, Ontonagon and Houghton.
Updated: 39 minutes ago
|By TV6 News Team
Areas receiving funds are Menominee County, Bessemer, Ironwood, Calumet, Gogebic County and Caspian.
Updated: 51 minutes ago
|By Doug Lindblom
From 10 a.m. - noon, cans and plastic bottles will be collected at the Lions Lakeside Park in Marquette. It will be a drive through style event, with volunteers unloading the cans and bottles from cars to limit possible exposure to COVID-19. Proceeds from the event will go towards the Lions Club Worldwide Initiatives and local organizations, including Bay Cliff Health Camp and the Salvation Army.
Updated: 1 hours ago
|By Grace Blair
Data buses pick up customers and drop them off exactly where they want to go within the covered areas.
Updated: 1 hours ago
|By Alyssa Jawor
The $3,670 grant was from the Twin Cities Emergency Providers Fund which was set up in 2016.
Updated: 1 hours ago
|By Grace Blair
Works of art were created using items that would’ve been thrown out otherwise.
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Updated: 1 hours ago
|By Grace Blair
The Annual Campaign helps families in need pay for Y services.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By TV6 News Team
The road is closed from the Sugarloaf Avenue and Hawley Street intersection to Old Saloon Road, authorities said.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By Catherine Lightfoot
According to Law Enforcement on scene a woman went missing off of Little Presque Isle around 2:45 Thursday afternoon.
Updated: 4 hours ago
Michigan has seen COVID-19 outbreaks at these locations, adding to the mounting evidence that children can contract and spread the virus.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By Alissa Pietila
No pre-registration is required for this testing, but it is recommended. To do so, call 906-358-4588.
Updated: 4 hours ago
Poll, a lead teacher in the preschool room, has been promoted to director after the retirement of previous director Sue Nelson.
Updated: 5 hours ago
The draft permit proposes substantial reductions in arsenic loading to the Menominee River and first-time imposition of PFAS limitations.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By EGLE
Grants are still available to build out the statewide network. One location was awarded in Upper Michigan--the City of Norway.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By UPPCO
UPPCO's Integrated Resource Plan approval is allowing to transition to more than 50 percent clean, reliable, and affordable energy by 2025.
Updated: 6 hours ago
Contaminated 'pre-rolls' were sold in retails outlets across the state, including at The Fire Station in Negaunee. The processor, out of Bay City, had its license suspended pending further investigation.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Andrew LaCombe
The district is set to start in-person classes five days a week Sept. 1.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Jerry Tudor
The Ishpeming City Council votes to allow a religious festival, called UP CityFest, to be held at Al Quaal Recreation Area August 15 with coronoavirus restrictions in place.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Alyssa Jawor
It also created a platform that encouraged dialogue between individuals from multiple walks of life.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Doug Lindblom
During a February 2020 day, consultants gathered occupancy data of nearly 1,600 parking spaces. At the 10 a.m. peak of parking necessity, only 44 percent of the parking inventory was used. An online survey of Houghton residents administered as part of the study found that 90 percent of respondents could find a parking spot less than two blocks away from their destination.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 6:19 PM EDT
|By Connor Veenstra
Michigan Tech has set up a tent on the campus lawn to serve as a COVID testing facility for students during the move-in weekend.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 6:00 PM EDT
|By Jerry Tudor
It’s an effort to match pets at the shelter that are 8 years old or older with senior citizens 62 years old and older.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 5:45 PM EDT
|By Remi Murrey
Compared to last year, Assistant Airport Manager Megan Murray says they saw an 80% drop in passengers this June, and despite not having the exact numbers, workers did notice an increase this July.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Doug Lindblom
Dozens of bikers gathered at the Vietnam Veterans of America post 380 to kick off the 18th Annual Ride Around Michigan. Additional Upper Peninsula stops are planned for Houghton and Manistique before heading downstate. They hope that by riding across the state, they can help prisoners of war still missing in action.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By Doug Lindblom
NMU has created work groups in different subject areas to start planning for a response to COVID-19. One of the most prominent plans is the wide-spread testing of employees and students prior to the start of the semester. However, the team believes that additional requirements for sanitation and classroom reconfiguration will also be key to a safe return.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 3:58 PM EDT
|By Alissa Pietila
11 more cases are considered recovered, and no new deaths were reported.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 3:55 PM EDT
|By Tyler Markle
After an uptick in cases in June and July, the state of Michigan is starting to see a plateau in the spread of Coronavirus. This is thanks in part to increased testing. The state is conducting 28,000 tests a day, which makes up 2% of the state's population a week.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 2:37 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
Under the revised schedule, teams will play conference opponents they originally were set to meet and will have one additional cross-division game.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 1:35 PM EDT
Trooper Starr joined the Michigan State Police in September of 2018, as a member of the 135th Trooper Recruit School.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 1:32 PM EDT
The Preliminary Economic Assessment demonstrates Back Forty’s value as a high grade, gold-rich project with compelling economics in a Tier 1 jurisdiction, the company says.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 12:02 PM EDT
|By Andrew LaCombe
A 56-year-old man died after a crash near the Pines Convenience store Friday afternoon.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 10:41 AM EDT
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed, confirmed, and highlighted the deadly nature of pre-existing inequities caused by systemic racism, the governor says.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 8:06 AM EDT
|By Andrew LaCombe
With 64% of the vote in Tuesday's primary, Dana Ferguson of Negaunee defeated Linda O’Dell of Petoskey.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 7:49 AM EDT
|By Andrew LaCombe
Three Chippewa Correctional Facility inmates tried to escape while two other prisoners distracted officers.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 11:01 PM EDT
|By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS
With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, the primary election was marked by a surge of mail-in absentee ballots.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 9:58 PM EDT
GLRC clients, and the community, can get both behavioral and physical health services in one location.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 9:47 PM EDT
|By Doug Lindblom
It includes a heightened need for hand washing and sanitation of all work spaces throughout the day. The plan also requires all students and staff to wear a mask during the school day. Each phase of the plan was formulated by a committee of teachers, board members and parents who each were able to voice their concerns.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 9:47 PM EDT
Cases have risen over the past month—from a rolling seven-day average of about 15 cases per million on in mid-June, the low point since the peak last April, to about 50 cases per million in late July.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 9:26 PM EDT
|By Alissa Pietila
UpperMichigansSource.com has updated results from county clerks across Upper Michigan.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 8:57 PM EDT
|By Jerry Tudor
The masks are intended for the Detroit and Detroit metro area, but it's a sign of the strength of the relationship between Michigan and Shiga, Japan.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 8:42 PM EDT
|By Alyssa Jawor
On Friday at 6:30 p.m. central time, the auction will be live streamed on Facebook and the WIKB radio station.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 6:52 PM EDT
|By Kendall Bunch
Great Lakes Recovery tell what possible factors have led to the increase in substance abuse and what to do to help.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 6:08 PM EDT
|By Alissa Pietila
The meeting, taking place via Zoom, will begin at Noon on August 5.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 6:00 PM EDT
|By Alissa Pietila
Club members will be collecting plastic bottle and can donations on Saturday, August 8, from 10:00 a.m. to Noon at Lions Lakeside Park.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 5:47 PM EDT
|By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District
The water level of Lake Superior is expected to peak next month before entering its period of typical seasonal decline.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 5:37 PM EDT
Klages was found guilty in February by a jury decision in Judge Joyce Draganchuk’s courtroom on two counts of lying to a peace officer – a felony and a high court misdemeanor.