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Rx Kids to expand throughout U.P. next week

ESCANABA -- In 10 additional counties in the Upper Peninsula, expectant mothers and parents of newborns will soon be eligible to enroll in Rx Kids -- which provides "prescriptions" of cash to help young families get through one the toughest periods of life. This will mark the largest ...

Our Community Fighting Cancer makes final donation

ESCANABA -- Our Community Fighting Cancer donated $1,394 to the Delta County Cancer Alliance on Monday.  This is the fourth and final year that Our Community Fighting Cancer has been able to donate to the Cancer Alliance.  Over the years, thousands of dollars were raised for the DCCA. Funds ...

Escanaba woman pleads guilty in stabbing incident

ESCANABA – An Escanaba woman entered into a guilty plea Wednesday after being accused of stabbing her roommate in August 2025. Crystalyn Dixie Knuth, who is lodged in the Delta County Jail, and her attorney, Jennifer J. France, appeared remotely on Wednesday in the Delta County 47th Circuit ...

Gladstone weighs public comment change, allows DDA to apply for grants

GLADSTONE — At their regular meeting on Monday, the Gladstone City Commission tabled the matter of possibly changing their public comment periods. It will be again discussed at the March 9 meeting. Right now, commission meetings offer one time for members of the public to address the ...

Marquette and Oshkosh athletes to test new sport in Germany

ESCANABA -- Two members of the USA National Alpine Luge Team — 16-year-old Thomas Matthews of Marquette, Mich. and Mason Palecek, 18, from Oshkosh, Wis. — will be sliding in the official rollout of alpine luge in Berchtesgaden, Germany this weekend. The U.S. alpine luge team, of which ...

Search continues for missing Marquette man

MARQUETTE — On Monday night, the Marquette Police Department released a statement that search efforts for missing 21-year-old Northern Michigan University (NMU) student Trenton Massey would recommence Tuesday morning. According to the department, search efforts “will focus on the water ...