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Two of Jackson’s former girlfriends testify at his trial

Local News

ESCANABA — The jury in the Tavaris Jackson murder trial heard testimony Monday from two of Jackson’s former girlfriends, neighbors of the alleged victim Harley Corwin and an officer who investigated a February 2023 assault on Corwin. Ernest and Valerie Reiner, Corwin’s next-door ...

Bridge rebuild outside Rock to cause lengthy summer detour

Local News

MAPLE RIDGE TOWNSHIP -- A five-month bridge reconstruction on the Osier-Rock cut-across -- County Road 432, otherwise known as East Maple Ridge 37th Road -- will make the portion over the Elm Creek branch of the Rapid River inaccessible to traffic. The suggested detour is 30 miles ...

Briefs for Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Community

Parkinson support group to meet ESCANABA – The Michigan Parkinson Foundation support group for Escanaba and the surrounding areas meets the second Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. The group will meet today at the Community Action Agency, 507 1st Ave. North in Escanaba. Everyone is welcome ...

Road ends with cold-climate grape and fruit wines

Local News

GERMFASK -- A couple who started a winery in the central Upper Peninsula is about to celebrate ten years in business. The destination that is now End of the Road Winery had been home to a family that for generations had made grape jam as a hobby. As the story goes, eventually a family ...

Deadly tornadoes strike Michigan and Oklahoma

Regional News

UNION CITY, Mich. (AP) — Authorities searched through rubble and debris in southern Michigan on Saturday after suspected tornadoes tore through the region and killed four people, including a 12-year-old boy, during powerful storms also blamed for two deaths in eastern Oklahoma. First ...