News Staff The Upper Peninsula communities have received over $760,000 in the last five years from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) scrap tire program. This funding has been used for scrap tire recycling and removing abandoned tires. Ontonagon county has effectively used this program. In Ontonagon, an EGLE grant helped remove large … Read more
Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the National Park Service (NPS) to launch the National Park Michigan Mobility Challenge (NPMMC) on Tuesday. The NPMMC is a challenge issued to the global mobility industry to identify and deploy advanced mobility technologies in and around four of Michigan’s five national parks – Keweenaw National Historical Park, Pictured Rocks National … Read more
Michigan State Police announced that some new changes are coming to their patrol vehicles this fall. The department posted photos on social media of a newer and more high-tech red beacon, which sits on top of the Chevy Tahoe units. The new beacon has more lights inside, which will shine brighter and make people aware … Read more
Iron County’s potential search for a new 911 dispatch center is on hold. Community members packed the Iron County Board meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, backing the Iron County 911 Dispatch Center. A millage that helps fund the center expires next year. The county board held this special meeting to consider seeking potential bids … Read more
Kids of all ages demonstrated and programmed robots Tuesday on day two of the U.P. State Fair. From a simple coding bot to complex robots that cost thousands of dollars to build, Robot Fair Play hopes to get more people interested in robotics. One of the robots being demonstrated this year is named Eve. The … Read more
This year’s Michigan state budget includes an increase in funding for schools. School districts are slated to receive just over $9,600 per K-12 student, which is a $458.00 per student increase from last year. In addition to the increased student funding, the largest budget in the state of Michigan’s history includes $125 million for school … Read more
The second free Off Road Vehicle weekend is this weekend in the U.P. The Department of Natural Resources said the idea is to get folks out to enjoy the trails and that they’ll then decide to buy trail passes and licenses in the future. 6News says Trails Coordinator Ron Yesney for the DNR said after … Read more
This year’s Gogebic County Fair was a big hit. Visitors from all over the state traveled to attend and Fair Board member Linda Nelson said the fair had a record turn out this year. The fair is over a hundred years old and despite a little bit of rain here and there, folks came out … Read more
The Phoenix House Outpatient Counseling Center in Bessemer had a special guest last week. Attorney General Dana Nessel stopped in to discuss how money from the opioid settlement announced in June had been distributed. According to the AG, all 83 counties in Michigan have received money, and a lot of the counties haven’t earmarked it … Read more
A kid from De Pere, Wisconsin may soon be a champion…because of his mullet. Folks in De Pere, which is near Appleton, are waiting to see if Finn Hatch makes the cut in the final round of the USA Mullet Championship. The Mullet Championship raises money for Homes for Wounded Warriors Foundation, which this year … Read more