Up North Progressive
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Attorney General Dana Nessel Defends Upper Peninsula Electricity Customers from $10 Million Rate Hike
Thursday , 28, February 2019 Community, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentOn February 21, 2019, the office of Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MSPC) in Lansing opposing the Upper Peninsula Power Company’s (UPPCO) request for a $10 million raise in electricity rates for the service they provide their customers in the Western Upper Peninsula. Nessel’s filing requested the rate […]
Two Upper Peninsula Wolf Poachers Caught on the Same Day
Friday , 18, January 2019 DNR, Upper Peninsula, Wolf Hunt 1 CommentOn Tuesday, January 15, 2019, conservation officers received confessions from two alleged wolf poachers in the Upper Peninsula counties of Menominee and Ontonagon. Both wolves were fitted with collars so the Michigan DNR could track the wolves’ movements. The poacher from Greenland in Ontonagon County confessed to shooting the wolf on January 14, 2019, after […]
Write-in Matt Morgan for Michigan’s U.S. House District 1 on August 7: Meet the Candidates 2018
Friday , 3, August 2018 Candidates, Election 2018, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentMatt Morgan – don’t forget that name – because if you live in Michigan’s 1st House District, he’s going to be your next Congressman in Washington D.C. But first you have to write in his name on August 7, 2018 when you go to the polls and vote in the Michigan Primary. Matt’s petitions signatures […]
Eagle Mine Begs For Up North Progressive’s Opinion: Lets Have Fun
Monday , 9, July 2018 Community, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentThe Up North Progressive email inbox received a very strong reminder Eagle Mine needs their survey filled out before the deadline on Friday, July 13th. They even included the dates of previous emails to emphasize the urgency of needing input. Eagle Mine if you recall is the operation currently drilling for minerals near Marquette. They […]
US Court of Appeals Rules to Keep Michigan Wolves on Endangered Species List
Tuesday , 1, August 2017 DNR, Upper Peninsula, Wolf Hunt Leave a commentThe U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today to keep wolves in the Great Lakes on the endangered species list after U.S. Fish and Wildlife ruled enough animals lived in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota to remove them from the list in 2011. In 2014, a Federal Judge put them back on the endangered species list after […]
Highland Copper Forced to Stop Drilling in Porcupine Mountains State Park Due to Lack of Frozen Ground
Saturday , 25, February 2017 DNR, Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentHighland Copper subsidiary Orvana Resources U.S. Corporation halted exploratory drilling on February 19, 2017, in the Porcupine Mountains State Park due to unusual warm weather for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Winter drilling is required by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources because the ground must be frozen. The ground in the western Upper Peninsula […]
Meet the Candidates: Michigan State Legislature District 109 John Kivela
Wednesday , 26, October 2016 Candidates, Elections, Meet the Candidates 2016, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentState Representative John Kivela once again seeks re-election to represent the people of Michigan’s 109th State House district. He has served on Michigan’s State Legislature representing the people of the 109th since 2012. He seeks his third term to serve the Upper Peninsula district that includes Alger, Luce, Marquette, and Schoolcraft Counties. John Kivela graduated […]
Poverty Island Fire Sixty Percent Contained
Friday , 12, August 2016 DNR, Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentA wildfire burning since June on Poverty Island is sixty percent contained according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The fire started by lightning strike on June 26, 2016 and so far burned around 127 acres. Fire fighting efforts focused on saving a historic lighthouse. By using controlled burns to remove vegetation, fire fighters […]
Eagle Mine Updates Plans for Eagle East: Ramp Construction Begins Before Feasibility Study is Complete
Thursday , 30, June 2016 Environment, Upper Peninsula Leave a commentEagle Mine today announced a Preliminary Economic Assessment on an area about a mile east of the location currently mined as a potential newly discovered deposit of nickel and copper ore estimated at 1.18 million metric tons. While a feasibility study won’t be completed until the end of the year, Lundin Mining will begin building […]
Meet the Candidates 2016 US House District 1: Lon Johnson and Jerry Cannon
Monday , 27, June 2016 Candidates, Elections, Enbridge Line 5, Meet the Candidates 2016, Upper Peninsula 3 CommentsThe August 2 primary will be here soon, and in Michigan’s first congressional district two candidates from Kalkaska will appear on the Democratic Party primary ballot: Lon Johnson and Jerry Cannon. Michigan’s first US House District is the largest district in the state. Lon Johnson is the former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. In […]