Breaking News

Talent agency signs young local dancer

ESCANABA — An 11-year-old Bark River girl who has traveled around the country to dance competitively was recently signed with a Los Angeles talent agency. Zoey Zambon, daughter of Ashley and Andy Zambon, began dancing at the age of three. She has taken all types of classes available at ...

Festival success in damp downtown

GLADSTONE — The inaugural Great Gladstone Harvest Festival had a turnout that impressed participants and organizers, considering the rain and the fact that the Packers played the Lions the same afternoon. During the Halloween-focused event hosted in the downtown business district on ...

Boxer found emaciated now up for adoption

Content warning: This article includes photos and discussion of an emaciated animal. ESCANABA — After six months of recovery, a Boxer who was found severely emaciated in April and rescued by the Delta Animal Shelter (DAS) in Escanaba is officially up for adoption. On April 12, a ...

U.P. communities to receive federal fire department funding

MARQUETTE — A handful of Upper Peninsula fire departments, including one in the City of Manistique, are in line to receive more than $2.1 million in federal support. The funding comes from the Federal emergency Management Agency's Assistance to Firefighters Grants and Staffing for Adequate ...

Circuit Court judgements

These individuals were recently sentenced in Delta County Circuit Court on unrelated charges: Joel Nathanael Welch, Escanaba, pleaded guilty by reason of mental illness to one count of motor vehicle unlawful driveaway; 2 days' incarceration, credit for 2 days' served; fines, fees and costs of $848; 18 months' probation. Stephen Reed Keezer, Wilson, pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting, resisting and obstructing a police officer; 12 months' incarceration, credit for 142 days' served; fines, fees and costs of $826. Mitchell Allen Paquin, Rapid River, pleaded guilty to one ...

Deer crashes peak each fall in Michigan: here’s what to know

LANSING — Michigan drivers are entering the most dangerous stretch of the year for deer crashes. October through December accounted for more than 40% of the 58,324 vehicle-deer crashes reported statewide in 2024. In those crashes, 1,816 people were injured and 14 were killed. November ...