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Delta County Drug/Sobriety Court reaches 53 grads

ESCANABA – Almost every seat was filled in the Delta County 47th Circuit Courtroom to celebrate the 16th Delta County Drug/Sobriety Court graduation ceremony. Two individuals graduated Nov. 10, marking a total of 53 to complete the program. Judge Steve Parks of the 94th District Court, ...

Few details given after pickup truck hits Delta mall

ESCANABA — Cleanup was underway at the Delta Plaza Mall after a vehicle smashed into an exterior wall Sunday. A dark gray pickup truck Sunday afternoon hit the back side of Dunham’s Sports head-on, just east of the main entrance to L&M Fleet Supply and facing UP North Lanes and Sports ...

Study: Climate change making for smaller fish in Michigan

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) In addition to shorter ski seasons, worsening ticks and allergies and shrinking boreal forests, climate change has hit the Great Lakes State in ...

Group offers gift boxes for LGBTQ+ youth, elders

ESCANABA — A local organization wants to create personalized winter gift bundles for LGBTQ+ elders and youth in the community "who may be experiencing isolation, financial strain, housing instability, or a difficult holiday season." Pride de Noc is a relatively new group that formed earlier ...

Many teachers need second job to make ends meet

LANSING — Many teachers in Michigan need to work additional jobs to make ends meet. The rising cost of health care is one major reason why teachers seek additional employment. Repaying student loans is an additional reason, said Doug Pratt, the director of communications and public ...

Hunters asked to watch for clues in woman’s disappearance

MUNISING — Police agencies involved in the months-long search for Starla Goings that may relate to foul play are about to get an assist in the quest to find the missing person from an unlikely source — the many thousands of hunters venturing into the Upper Peninsula woodlands in pursuit of ...