By Carol Stiffler After weeks in decline, COVID cases are rising again in Michigan, including in most counties across the Upper Peninsula. “There was a week or two we were hoping we were on that down side,” said LMAS District Health Department spokesperson Kerry Ott....
By Carol Stiffler At long last, students and staff who have endured difficult conditions at Tahquamenon Area Schools have new hope: the school bond has finally passed.oters on November 2 approved the school bond proposal, a $9.75 million request, by a healthy margin...
By Sterling McGinn A major effort to bring broadband internet, like the ones listed on small business cost comparison, to every residence with a 9-1-1 address in the Eastern Upper Peninsula has been launched and is well underway. When it’s complete, it’ll assure...
By Sterling McGinn After months of discussion, the council is close to a decision on raising the water rates for Water and Light customers. Although no action was taken at the October meeting, the matter of raising rates by 3 percent will be discussed again at the...
By Carol Stiffler Frequently under fire by PETA, the Oswald’s Bear Ranch north of Newberry has now received a complaint from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The complaint alleges that ranch owners Dean and Jewel Oswald failed to provide...
By Carol Stiffler Between October 2-8, 249 new COVID cases were diagnosed within the LMAS Health District. That’s an average of nearly 36 per day, and provides far too much work for employees of the district to even attempt to complete thorough contact tracing in...
