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By Laurie Davis Growing up in the 1960s, when my dad got off work on Saturday mornings, he would often take us camping. My mom would get the food ready, and the sleeping bags, pillows, and clothes packed, for a weekend at Detour State Park. As soon as my dad […]
EASTERN UP – Many organizations and businesses globally are restructuring the way they handle day-to-day operations with safety at the forefront of decisions being made. United Way of the Eastern Upper Peninsula has been monitoring information shared through the State of Michigan and the Center for Disease Control and has […]
DAFTER, Mich. (March 13, 2020) – Beginning Monday, March 16 Cloverland Electric Cooperative will close its Dafter walk-up window to the public until Monday, April 6. Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Cloverland has elected to take precautionary measures to safeguard its employees and continue its operations. “As a […]
All K-12 school buildings will close March 16 through April 5 as the state seeks to address coronavirus, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced in a press release late Thursday. Schools will re-open April 6, though Whitmer said that may be adjusted or extended. “This is a necessary step to protect our […]
The Michigan Department of Corrections announced today it is stopping in-person visits at all prisons effective immediately to protect inmates and employees from contracting, or spreading, the new coronavirus. There have been no confirmed cases of the virus inside Michigan’s prisons, said MDOC Director Heidi Washington in a statement today. […]
OUTAGE ALERT (Friday, March 13, 12:54 p.m.): We currently have about 500 services affected by outages due to high winds and trees on the line. Crews are on site on Sugar Island and Whitefish township. Thank you for your patience as our crews work to restore power safely. *** Outage […]
March 13, 2020 — Effective 6 a.m. Monday, March 16, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will lift seasonal weight restrictions on some state roads in the Lower Peninsula. Seasonal weight restrictions will continue to be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways north of a line on […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order prohibiting all gatherings of more than 250 people in a “single shared space” as well as all events of more than 250 people starting at 5 p.m. today and continuing through 5 p.m. April 5. Ms. Whitmer said there are exemptions for industrial […]
To protect our patients, families, and health care workers during the national outbreak of COVID-19, Helen Newberry Joy Hospital will be implementing visitor restrictions.
ATTENTION SOO EAGLES FANS. As of 6:30 pm we have been informed by the league, that round two of playoffs will be at least temporarily postponed due to the (COVID-19) concerns. We are confident the management, staff, coaches and league officials are and will continue to do their best through […]