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Registry changes bring Halloween safety into focus

ESCANABA — With the recent removal of more than 20,000 offenders from the Michigan Sex Offender Registry, parents might want to rethink how their children trick-or-treat this year. On Sept. 9, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the 2021 Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) amendments ...

MMR opens doors

ESCANABA — Residents may have seen the red-and-white vehicles of the newest emergency medical crews in Delta County — Mobile Medical Response, which was brought in via a contract with OSF St. Francis Hospital. MMR's advanced life support (ALS) ambulance service is now operating in ...

Area trick-or-treat events

ESCANABA -- Here's a look at the updated list of scheduled trick-or-treat — and trunk-or-treat — dates and times for communities throughout the area: BARK RIVER Residential trick-or-treating in the Bark River area will take place Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. The Bark River ...

Mike in Gladstone

GLADSTONE — U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers visited Gladstone Thursday as part of his bus tour through Michigan in the days leading up to the midterm election. Rogers came to visit a modest crowd at Saunders Point Brewery in Gladstone. While there, he gave an address to attendees on ...

Illinois man arrested for $665K scam of Escanaba man

ESCANABA — An Illinois man has been arrested after allegedly scamming an Escanaba resident out of over a half million dollars. 34-year-old Zhong Jiang, a resident of Orland Hills, Illinois, was arraigned in the Delta County 94th District Court on Monday. Jiang faces one count of larceny ...