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Point standings continue to tighten of last half of the season

ESCANABA — With only four nights remaining in the 2026 stock car racing season at Escanaba Motor Speedway, the points battles continue to be razor thin in multiple classes. In the 600 sprints, Jayger Quinn sits alone at the top of the standings with 169 points, Brayden Lundquist is second ...

Local Golf Scores

Terrace Bluff women's scores under 50 Paxton Johnson 32! Savanna Stenberg 40 Tammy Beauchamp 45 Julie Mayville 45 Betty Fleury 45 Sarah Nolde 45 Caron Salo 46 Margie Movalson 46 Sharon Pinar 46 Denise Wilson 47 Jami Pond 47 Erica Skellenger 47 Lindsay Wigand 47 Wendy Hathaway 48 Debbie Peterson 48 Paulette Trask 48 Jessie Depuydt 48 Lisa Kositzky 49 Judy Lafleur 49

WAELTI WALTZES TO EAGLE RIVER SPEEDWAY VICTORY LANE

(EAGLE RIVER, WI) July 18 - Sun Prairie's Brandon Waelti stormed past Jake Dohner to take the lead on lap 17 and went the distance for the remaining 13 laps, winning the caution-free, 30 lap Badger Midget feature race at Eagle River Speedway Saturday. Dohner jumped into the lead at the drop ...

Gladstone minor boys capture district title

GLADSTONE — The Gladstone Minor Boys’ All-Stars (age 8-10) reaped the benefits of a big second inning here Tuesday night July 14, in a 12-2 baseball triumph over Norway in four frames in the District 10 championship game. Gladstone, which scored 11 times in the second, advances to the state tournament at Harbor Springs where it will open pool play against the District 1 winner. “This feels like a high achievement,” Gladstone first-baseman Austin Wakkuri said. “We were third in the Yooper tournament (in Escanaba), but had a lot more practice and confidence coming into this ...

Smoke on the water

“Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky,” – Deep Purple There’s a smell I occasionally get a whiff of when the damper on the fireplace is open and I’m sitting on the short couch in the living room. It’s the smell of charred wood – an aroma that’s pleasant around a campfire or ...

Upper Peninsula fishing report from the DNR

The information contained in this article comes from the larger state-wide fishing report published by the DNR on July 15. Little Bay de Noc: Yellow perch anglers reported catching some fish near the Escanaba River and the reefs in the upper bay, though overall fishing was slow. Walleye anglers were able to find some fish near the weed beds. Some anglers headed south out of Escanaba in search of salmon. Chinook salmon anglers reported good fishing in Green Bay in water depths exceeding 100 feet. Spoons and trolling flies produced the best results. Munising: Anglers who fished near the ...