Menominee, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – A new trial date has been set for a Menominee man accused of stabbing a woman to death last year. 48-year-old Gregory Ihander is charged in the fatal stabbing of 43-year-old Jolene Eichhorn of Carney last September. Eichorn’s body was found in the trunk of her car […]

Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Marquette City Commission has a regular meeting coming up this evening. Commissioners will be holding public hearings on proposed changes to the city’s fireworks ordinance and the proposed six-year Capital Improvement Plan. They are also expected to take final action on hiring a lobbying firm to […]

Gladstone, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Michigan Department of Transportation has started up another U.P. road project today in Delta County. M-DOT is reconfiguring the US-2/Lakeshore Drive intersection in Gladstone. The new design will slow traffic as it leaves the highway as part of an effort to increase safety. Officials say the […]

Manistique, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – One person is reported in critical condition today after a swimming incident yesterday in Lake Michigan in Manistique. Rescuers were called out yesterday about a 10-year-old boy struggling to get to shore around 5:30 p.m. Authorities found three people in the water when they arrived on scene. […]

Palmer, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Empire Mine in Palmer has ceased operations and over 300 salaried and hourly workers will be laid off later this month. Reports say the mine has gone into an indefinite idle state and a list of workers who will be laid off has been posted by […]

Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – A downstate boy who was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after he fell and hit his head in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Wednesday night has been released from an area hospital. The 14-year-old Kalkaska boy fell just after 10:00 p.m. in the remote Coves Group […]

Houghton, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Michigan Tech Board of Trustees has a new Board Chair. At their regular summer meeting yesterday on the Houghton campus, Terry Woychowski assumed the helm as chair for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. The board also received a report on gifts to the Michigan Tech Fund, which […]

Escanaba, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday for a major community project in downtown Escanaba. The 8,000 square foot Escanaba Market Place is being built on the 1500 block of Ludington Street. City and Downtown Development Authority officials say the space will host the Escanaba Farmer’s Market and […]

Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Activities are continuing today and tomorrow with the Midwest Shrine Association Summer Convention in Marquette County. The public is invited to the Presque Isle Band Shell in Marquette this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. for the Yeldiz Chanters. Then tonight from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Washington Street will be […]