ESCANABA — Business owners, city officials, lenders, the Delta County Chamber of Commerce and more gathered at a waterfront site in Escanaba yesterday to celebrate development. The Delta County Jail at 111 N. Third St., located behind the Delta County Courthouse, closed in 2019 and moved ...
ESCANABA — A fire is burning in Escanaba and in the spirit world to guide the soul of a local child through a transition from earthly life to eternity with the Great Creator. After an accident last week on a dark road in Hannahville, Elijah McMillan was brought to the Children’s Hospital ...
GLADSTONE — A destination beloved by generations has entered a new era. The current owners of the Bungalow Tavern reopened the bar and restaurant this spring -- and one of them has 27 years of experience working at the establishment. Bob and Tammi Edwards, the latter of whom is a ...
MARQUETTE -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is soliciting applications for open volunteer positions on the Eastern and Western Upper Peninsula Citizens' Advisory Councils. The councils, which were formed in 2008, advise the DNR on regional programs and policies, identify areas in which the department can be more effective and responsive, and offer insight and guidance from members' own experiences and the public. Members are encouraged to share information from council meetings within their communities. A Sept. 30 deadline has been set to apply for membership to the ...
Opponents are going to court in hopes of blocking a controversial $50 million grant Michigan awarded in August to fund construction of a Canadian company's copper mine in the western Upper Peninsula. The money was approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund after several failed attempts by ...
LANSING – There are more than 40 air quality monitors across Michigan operated by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, but only two in the Upper Peninsula. And that raises serious public health concerns due to an increasing number of wildfires and the smoke that follows, environmental experts say. “Particulate matter can penetrate deep into lungs, and wildfire smoke exposure is an immediate acute event,” said Samantha Pickering, the public and environmental health policy manager at the Michigan Environmental Council. One is at the Seney National Wildlife ...
