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Chamber welcomes new members

The Delta County Area Chamber of Commerce provides an avenue for our businesspeople to play a leadership role in building a healthy, vibrant community. We are partners to every community, every business, and every citizen. When a business joins the Delta County Area Chamber of Commerce, they become part of a county-wide network of businesses that represents and promotes our community’s economy, education system, tourism initiatives and governmental concerns. Our organization is a catalyst through which business and professional people work together for the common good of the ...

Girl Scouts’ first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January

Man's best friend is getting some love from the Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of the USA said Tuesday its first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January. The blueberry muffin-flavored cookies were developed with Bark, a New York-based seller of dog treats and toys. The cookies, dubbed Patch ...

United We Thrive!

America’s 250th anniversary has given us plenty of opportunities this year to celebrate our nation’s history, but it has also given us an opportunity to think about what has always made communities like ours strong. And, quite simply, it’s each other. That seems like the perfect sentiment as we begin making plans for the Delta County Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner, presented by OSF HealthCare ~ St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group, scheduled for Thursday, October 8, at the Island Resort & Casino. We carried the America 250 celebration into this year’s U.P. State Fair ...

Michigan releases 2026 Hot 50 and Career Outlook reports

LANSING – The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) Michigan Center for Data and Analytics has released the state’s latest “Hot 50” and “Career Outlook” publications. Both reports provide information on careers that will be in the highest demand in Michigan through 2034. “Our goal is to provide our education and workforce partners with the information they need to help Michiganders find their path to high-demand, high-wage jobs,” said Scott Powell, director of the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics and the state’s chief data officer. “The ...