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Michigan now has a Workforce Development Board. Governor Whitmer announced this at her press conference earlier this afternoon. She explained the board’s purpose. She also recapped some of her recent actions. She also spoke of the benefits of Michigan’s Workshare Program. The program benefits employers, by allowing employees to come …

On this week’s Copper Country Today program with Todd VanDyke: From the Western U.P. Health Department, Dr. Robert Van Howe reviewed the current state of COVID-19 antibody testing available in the Copper Country, and Pete Baril explained the department’s contact tracing process… Janet Metsa, candidate in the August primary for …

Michigan’s Department of Transportation has released the latest numbers on fatalities and seriously injured motorists on Michigan roadways. This past week, 27 people died on Michigan roads for 274 this year. 84 motorists were seriously injured for 1,290 this year. This same time last year, Michigan had 51 more fatalities …

You’re invited to join the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalitions livestream tomorrow at 7pm, with the head of Michigan’s Environmental Council Conan Smith, as he discusses the work of a statewide outdoor recreation group and their ideas for a phased reopening of outdoor activities, designed to protect people from COVID-19. Solutions …

The Upper Peninsula Regional Blood Center needs your help, as they are critically low on several blood types. When you donate to the U.P. Regional Blood Center, your blood stays in the U.P.  Blood Collection Coordinator Rachel Heath, listed the types they need. The U.P. Regional Blood Center supplies blood …

Michigan Tech has begun Step One of their MTU Flex Return to Campus Plan. Once you complete the Online return to work SafetySkills training mandated by the state, and fill out the COVID-19 Daily Symptom Monitoring Form, each day before you arrive to work, you will be allowed on Campus. …

Governor Whitmer has extended her executive order, which had previously extended the deadline for Michiganders to pay back taxes and avoid foreclosure on their property during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whitmer said this executive order gives homeowners some piece of mind as we continue to flatten the COVID-19 curve. The order …

Starting Monday, all 131 of Michigan’s Secretary of State Offices will be open by appointment only, to handle transactions that can’t be done online. They’ll be open from 9a-5p Monday through Friday, and strict guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 will be in effect. You’ll be able to …

Portage Health Foundation is offering the James Bogan Health Administration Scholarship to a deserving resident of Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw or Ontonagon counties. The $5,000 scholarship is for a student in a master’s level program, aimed at helping their career in the healthcare field. Applications are due by June 24th at …

Eleven 2020 Hancock High School graduates were awarded $30,000 in scholarships, thanks to the Hancock Public Schools Foundation. The selection committee consists of HPSF Scholarship Committee members, along with representatives from Hancock Public Schools and the HCH Alumni Association. Scholarship winners were Hannah Bastian, Payton Dube, Vanessa Dulong, Jari Juntti, …