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New Hockey League Revives CCHA Name

The new hockey conference being planned by seven soon-to-be-former members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association will adopt a familiar name. Consultant Morris Kurtz revealed today that the league will be called the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The original CCHA was active from 1971 to 2013. It shut down when …

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Pure Michigan May Receive Funding After All

Governor Whitmer may be able to come up with some funding for Michigan’s Marketing and Tourism Division, Pure Michigan. Funding was line item vetoed by Whitmer last Fall, so no money was available for this fiscal year. However, a different spending bill could direct funding to Pure Michigan, according to …

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Baraga County Mourns Student Deaths

  Tragedy has struck Baraga County. Yesterday afternoon, approximately 4:15pm, Baraga County Sheriff’s responded to a call of a car stranded on Silver Road, in L’Anse Township. When they arrived, deputies found a vehicle running, with two deceased male occupants. The lone female was still alive, and life saving procedures …

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U.P. Man Headed To Prison

And finally an Upper Peninsula man is going to prison, following his conviction of two child sexual assault charges. Robert Logan Zeedyk, of Goetzville, will serve concurrent terms of 25-50 years in prison, after pleading no contest to two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, person under the  age of …

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Coronavirus Still A Concern

Michigan Senator Gary Peters, is continuing his oversight efforts, to make sure the U.S. is prepared in case the coronavirus epidemic widens. So far, the outbreak has affected over 60,000 worldwide, and left close to 2,000 people dead. Peters recently held a round table discussion with public health officials as …

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Quinnesec Man Named Outstanding Conservationist

Anton “Tony” Demboski of Quinnesec has been awarded 2020’s “Outstanding Conservationist” from the Upper Peninsula’s Sportsmen’s Alliance. Dave Johnson, UPSA’s president said “Through his important work in this group and elsewhere, Tony Demboski repeatedly demonstrated his caring, concern and willingness to act on behalf of conservation issues.” Johnson also added …

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