GLADSTONE – A local brewery and lavender company teamed up with best-selling author J.L. Hyde on Tuesday to celebrate the release of Hyde’s newest novel, drawing readers from across the country to downtown Gladstone. The…
Escanaba City Council to decide on rezoning ordinance
Editor's note: Meeting agendas and their contents are subject to change. The following items were listed on the agenda at…
Tuning into true Delta County crime
ESCANABA — If anyone's ever wondered how the tongue-in-cheek term "Gladstone divorce" was spawned in the area to refer to…
Trial set for local horse owner
ESCANABA — A jury trial date has been set for Arnold Proehl, a local horse owner facing 10 misdemeanor counts…
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.
William B. Johnson
Robert N. Druding
ESCANABA — Vivian Kay Gouin, 74, of Escanaba, passed away early Wednesday morning, September 30, 2026…
Vivian Kay Gouin
Community
Gladstone businesses, author collaborate for book release
GLADSTONE – A local brewery and lavender company teamed up with best-selling author J.L.…
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.…
Michigan State University Extension pasture walks
Emergency agencies expand options for getting info to the public
Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival to come to Marquette
Editorial
Editorial cartoon for Oct. 1, 2026
UPPCO customers shouldn’t be asked to shoulder steep rate hike
Editorial cartoon for Sept. 30, 2026
Tariffs, trade wars have made US farming harder
Local columns
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…
James Talarico's unconvincing Christian progressivism
Almanac for Sept. 30, 2026
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