Jul 22, 2020 | News
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Ottawa County Health Department confirmed the state’s first human infection with a mosquito-borne virus for 2020 as a county resident tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus. Jamestown Canyon virus is...
Jul 22, 2020 | News
By Tom Hoogterp The Tahquamenon Area Schools Board met in the cafeteria Monday, July 20, to afford plenty of space for social distancing. Trustees Michelle Zellar and Jeffrey Puckett were not in attendance. District Superintendent Stacy Price opened the meeting with a...
Jul 15, 2020 | News
By Carol Stiffler Michael Fossum, a part-time deputy in the Luce County Sheriff Department, officially entered the race for sheriff in March. He knew he would be running against his boss, current Sheriff John Cischke. The result has been perilous, according to Fossum....
Jun 17, 2020 | News
By Carol Stiffler Luce County Sheriff John Cischke is nearing the end of his first term in office and wants a second. Health issues nearly made the decision for him. Cischke, now 64, was in Iraq long ago and his doctor suspects he breathed in a virus. It made a full...
Jun 10, 2020 | News
By Carol Stiffler As the coronavirus continues to lessen its grip on the state, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has promoted regions 6 and 8 to phase five of the state’s pandemic recovery plan. Region 6 includes counties in the northern lower peninsula, and region 8 is the...
May 27, 2020 | News
Luce County Parks and Recreation Director Ben Rahilly was eagerly anticipating the end of the state Stay Home order. Camping at the Luce County Campground was set to open on May 29 – the very next day after the order was set to end. But that changed on Friday, when...
