1st District Highlights

Pint-size picketers join nurses strike in the Soo.

U.P. teacher appeals to celebrities for classroom funding and fights for pay equity

It's already that time of the year when teachers across the country ask their friends and families to help them fill their classroom...

Otsego Dems award scholarships to local high school grads for exceptional essays

Congratulations, Serena Hogle and Lizzy Halbert, and thank you to Vicki Blaauw and the Otsego County Democratic Party for this investment...

An ode to all the "mothers" in my life - Bob Lorinser

Today is a special day to celebrate all mothers and their undying devotion to their children. Allow me to honor the motherly figures...

Michigan 1st District resident testifies before U.S. Senate, brings hand-map

Tom Vear, co-owner of Donckers and Delft Bistro in Marquette testifies before the Senate.

Northern Michigan is the state epicenter of suicide, Firearms the #1 cause of death for US children

Dr. Bob Lorinser is a longtime social worker, family physician, and public health expert from Marquette, MI. He highlights two alarming stat

Testimonials from Northern Michigan & UP voters - Ed. 1

We thought we would share some testimonials recently captured during our video shoot last month. Here are what locals in the central...

Michigan 1st District Photo of the Day — Emmet County

Tonight's #PhotoOfTheDay comes from Dean Pennala of a winter landscape with blue ice shards and the Mackinac Bridge. THURS. FEB. 3, 2022...

Baumgartner wins gold!

Dr. Bob Lorinser invites the people of Michigan’s First District to join him in sending good luck to the First District Olympic...

Michigan 1st District Photo of the Day — Mackinac County

Tonight's #PhotoOfTheDay comes from St. Ignace. Deborah Lawson captured the guardians of the Northern Great Lakes patrolling waters in...

Happy 185th "birthday", Michigan! Here are some interesting facts

The State of Michigan joined the United States union on this day, Jan. 26 in 1837. Dr. Bob Lorinser – Democratic candidate for U.S....

Students in the Michigan's 1st District were the only pupils in Nation to go to school by train

In a special edition of the Northern Michigan / U.P. #PhotoOfTheDay, we take a look back in time to when Michigan's 1st District students...

Michigan 1st District Photo of the Day — Houghton County

An aerial view of a frozen Portage Canal looking toward the Portage Lake Lift Bridge connecting the twin cities of Houghton and Hancock...

Michigan 1st District Photo of the Day — Antrim, Kalkaska, Grand Traverse Counties

An aerial view of boats gathering at Torch Lake on a hot summer day by Scott Hills of Another View Drone Service. SAT. JAN. 8, 2024 TORCH...

Michigan 1st District Photo of the Day — Arenac County

A beaver swims in the marsh of Wigwam Bay State Wildlife Game Area, near Standish, Michigan, photographed by James W. Thompson. WEDS....

Northern Michigan / U.P. Photo of the Day — Delta County

View of Lake Michigan from Escanaba, Michigan, on a cold day in December with ice on trees in foreground TUES. DEC. 21, 2021 ESCANABA,...

Northern Michigan / U.P. Photo of the Day — Alger County

Northern Lights at Miners Beach in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore by John McCormick MON. DEC. 20, 2021 ALGER COUNTY, Mich. — Dr....

Northern Michigan / U.P. Photo of the Day — Marquette County

Presque Isle at sunrise in Marquette by Snehit Photography MARQUETTE, Mich. — Dr. Bob Lorinser, candidate for US Congress in Northern...

Northern Michigan / U.P. Photo of the Day — Michigan from Space

TUES. DEC. 1, 2021 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s latest of the Great Lakes Michigan, GREAT LAKES — Dr. Bob...

Northern Michigan / U.P. Photo of the Day — Alger County

An aerial airplane view of the Mackinac Bridge by Craig Sterken MON. DEC. 13, 2021 PICTURED ROCKS, Mich. — Dr. Bob Lorinser, candidate...

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