ESCANABA — A new service dog is expected to soon join the ranks of working K9s in Delta County, and with a different area of expertise — arson detection. Zachary Denome, chief of the Escanaba Township Volunteer Fire Department, began looking into the idea of obtaining an arson-detecting ...

ESCANABA – Local residents will have the opportunity to enjoy Thanksgiving meals at no cost in both Escanaba and Gladstone next week. This year's Delta County Community Thanksgiving dinner will be 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Escanaba High School, 500 S. Lincoln Road. To-go ...

After a federal appeals court held that Michigan is not immune to legal action for its decision to revoke a Canadian energy company’s easement to operate a pipeline in the Great Lakes, the Whitmer Administration is seeking an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. In a petition filed ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Wisconsin’s nine-day gun deer season opens Saturday with high temperatures in the 40s predicted locally this weekend. There’s a chance of snow by mid-week with highs hovering in the mid-30s. “This year, the deer herd has been aided once again by a mild winter, with ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan’s signature free pre-K program for 4-year-olds has reached a new enrollment high as state officials continue to tout cost savings and ...

ESCANABA – The Delta County Board approved a 3.7% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, increase for the county’s non-union employees Tuesday in a split vote. The 3.7% for non-union employees was meant to be similar to the 3.75% increase for union employees. “And so instead of waiting ...