ESCANABA — Striving for good health in 2024 is about more than shedding extra pounds. According to national polls, about a third of Americans had planned to set New Year’s resolutions for 2024. Among Delta County residents polled last week who said they were resolving to make changes for ...
HOUGHTON — The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has announced Jan. 8 as the initiation date for the new Materials Management Plan. This will begin the MMP approval and development process, beginning with identifying the County Approval Agency through submitting a Notice of Intent, which is due by July 6. Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region Regional Planner Lisa McKenzie told the Keweenaw County Board at its regular December 2023 meeting that EGLE planned to initiate the changes by the end of that year. McKenzie thanked the Board for its support ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University has received a $5 million outright grant — with the potential for a $2 million matching grant — from the Herbert H. and Grace A. (HHGA) Dow Foundation for renovations to the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Building (Chem Sci). The four-year grant supports Michigan Tech’s plans to increase capacity to design, develop and deliver solutions for rural health and human-centered engineering by creating a state-of-the-art health education and research center. Funding from the HHGA Dow Foundation will enable Michigan Tech to complete ...
ESCANABA — The Bay College Diversity Committee announce the visit of esteemed Civil Rights activist and Executive Director of SCAN-Harbor, Lew Zuchman, at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan.18 in the Besse Center Theater on the Escanaba campus. The event is open to the public, offering a unique opportunity for the community to hear from a veteran of the Civil Rights movement and a distinguished leader in youth and family services. Lew Zuchman is a living legend of the Civil Rights movement. As an original Freedom Rider, he played a pivotal role in the struggle for equality from 1961 through ...
By DREYMA BERONJA Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Some Michigan residents are continuing the effort to push back against a proposed Line 5 tunnel project. Four Tribal Nations filed a notice on Friday that they would appeal the Michigan Public Service Commission’s recent approval of a permit for Canadian-based company Enbridge to build the Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac. According to a press release from Earthjustice and the Native American Rights Fund, representing the Bay Mills Indian Community, the Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of ...
GLADSTONE —Thanks to Donations by the community of Delta County and the Upper Peninsula, Soo Line Steam Engine #730 has come alive again with Christmas lights and Ribbons and Bows. Located at the end of Delta Avenue and along highway U.S. 2 and U.S. Higway41 in Gladstone, the Engine has ...
