Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties, MI – The Western Upper PeninsulaHealth Department (WUPHD) has scheduled a public hearing on February 27th, at 5:30 PM (ET) to hearpublic comments […]
Michigan releases new fish consumption guidelines for rainbow smelt and carp caught in various lakes
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has released new Eat Safe Fish guidelines for rainbow smelt and carp from seven different lakes across the state. The updated […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared January 2023 as Radon Action Month in Michigan, and she encourages all Michigan residents to learn more about this environmental hazard and test their homes during the […]
Hancock, MI – The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (WUPHD) is opening a 30-day public comment period on the updated U.P. Environmental Health Code. The Environmental Health code primarily oversees […]
August 16, 2022 – Wakefield, MI – The beach at Sunday Lake in Wakefield has been closed for swimming due to the presence of a harmful algal bloom. The Western […]
The state’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program is celebrating National Breastfeeding Month with the theme “In Every Drop”. Michigan is committed to encouraging to improving outcomes for breastfeeding parents […]