Need advice

What is your location and which Star? There are several, and that could help with finding someone with the info.

 

Link takes you to star training in MI. I thought the same.
Anyways if you neef to get training fast i suggest going ahead and do the sttar or any company that trains yes most say they require you to stay a full year to pay it off but one can get started and then 4 to 6 months start looking into other places.
The starter i began with would have paid all my school but at 4 months i went to better job paid all the school and made almost 10k more than i would have staying at their low pay.
Good luck

 

Big thing will be finding drivers that run the area, that know who has the contracts in that area. I know that when I was with Central we went that far north, but it has been years and I only went up there a few times. So not sure what I was hauling out. That was with a reefer.
With Heartland I did not go north of Bay City much. Hauled allot of sugar out of there. But they require experience. So you will be looking at a starter training company.
For training it is up to you. I don't think that going to a private school will help allot with the job search, since most company's that take new starting drivers have their own schools, or contract to schools.
You are in an out of the way area, so finding out who hires in the area will be key.

 

Training is training when it comes to school. Where does not matter like it use to. The 3 week schools seem to be looked at about the same as the others. This was not the case a long time ago, but seems to be now.
When I went back OTR I had been driving local for quite a few years. Had not been OTR in many years. I was looked at as having 0 experience. At least 0 that they would pay for. They know that what you have makes you better, but they will not admit that or pay for it.
I went to Central for a "refresher" went to a school they contracted with for 9 days, where I spent a great deal of time helping to teach the new guys how to back up. Then out with a trainer on the road, whom I had allot more experience than, for a few weeks.
I put all my safety bonus money towards the payments, and had it paid for in 6 months. I was also on a dedicated fleet by the 6 month mark and got a huge cpm raise for that, and was bringing home 1000 a week.
So you can make money in the large training company's . You just have to be good at planning, routing and communication.

 

I am sure they will most them schools will have recruiters there trying everything they can to talk you in committing to them.