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Senior Expo fills up

ESCANABA — The 16th-annual Senior Expo brought close to 300 attendees to the Highland Golf Club yesterday. The event, organized…

Facade program updated

GLADSTONE — Terms are changing for a form of assistance available to business owners in downtown Gladstone. The city has…

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Prep Schedule Oct. 1

Today’s games Cross country Great Eskymo Chase at Escanaba C.C., 4 p.m. Volleyball Rapid River at Bark River-Harris, 6 p.m. Rock Mid Peninsula at Carney-Nadeau, 6 p.m. Gladstone at Iron Mountain, 7 p.m. Manistique at Ishpeming Westwood, 7 p.m. Superior Central at Felch North Dickinson, 7:30 p.m. Powers North Central at Stephenson, 7:30 p.m.…

Obituaries

Linda S. Foss

GLADSTONE — Linda S. Foss, age 72, of Gladstone passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at the Christian Park Healthcare Center in Escanaba. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Skradski Funeral Home in Gladstone.

ESCANABA — Vivian Kay Gouin, 74, of Escanaba, passed away early Wednesday morning, September 30, 2026…

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Regional News

Missing Cheboygan-area man found safe in Cheboygan County

Cheboygan — On Sept. 28, 2026, the Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint regarding an 85-year-old male who had been reported missing. The subject was known to have dementia and short-term memory issues. Through contact with the family and the investigation, deputies determined that the subject had left the area in his vehicle.…

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Almanac for Oct. 1, 2026

Today is Thursday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2026. There are 91 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 1, 2017, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman opened fire from a room at the high-rise Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd…

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