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EGLE issues statewide air quality alert

ESCANABA — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) has issued a statewide Air Quality Alert for elevated levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) for Wednesday as thick smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires is expected to cause air quality conditions to reach ...

Menominee County Fair begins tomorrow

STEPHENSON — The Menominee County Fair is just about ready to begin at Shakey Lakes County Park in Stephenson. The four-day event is set for July 16 to 19. First known as the Cloverland Farmers Fair and later as Dairy Days, the tradition began in 1913 and has brought generations together ...

Homemakers provide trade scholarships

STEPHENSON — The West Bagley Homemakers, the charitable volunteer group based in Menominee County and which has organized career fairs the last several years, has once again displayed a commitment to the future of local students. The Homemakers recently awarded 10 trade and technical ...

Sackerson Foundation donates to Dream Maker Children's Museum

ESCANABA — The Edward J Sackerson Foundation recently made a $5,000.00 donation to the Dream Maker Children's Museum (DMCM), to help make the dream of a children's museum in Delta County a reality. Pictured are DMCM board members Andrea Tourangeau and Karissa Dagenais with Jenine Maloney ...

Owner of loose horses to be arraigned today

ESCANABA — A man who identified himself to the Daily Press as the owner of the loose horses that prompted multiple public safety concerns across Delta County is scheduled to be arraigned this morning in Delta County's 94th District Court. Arnold Proehl is expected to be arraigned on a charge of animal at large, according to court records. The arraignment follows the recovery and return of several loose horses that authorities said had repeatedly escaped in recent weeks. The horses were the subject of multiple calls to law enforcement after they were seen roaming roadways and property ...