ESCANABA — A jury trial date has been set for Arnold Proehl, a local horse owner facing 10 misdemeanor counts of animals running at large. Proehl, 78, appeared in the Delta County 94th District Court…
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…
Registration open for fourth annual Escanaba Spooktacular Trunk-or-Treat
ESCANABA — Registration is now open for businesses, organizations and individuals who want to participate in the fourth annual Escanaba…
Appellate court denies Escanaba man’s challenge to 2024 convictions
ESCANABA — The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed a Delta County jury’s 2024 decision to convict an Escanaba man.…
Autumn anticipation accelerates
UPPER PENINSULA — "Patchy" color change of Upper Peninsula trees was reported for much of the region last week by…
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U.P. Polls
U.P. Football Polls ELEVEN PLAYER 1. Menominee (5) 5-0 25 2. Kingsford 5-0 20 3. Calumet 3-2 14 4. Negaunee
Today’s games Girls’ tennis U.P. D-1 Finals at Negaunee, 10 a.m. Soccer Big Bay de Noc…
Prep Schedule Sept. 30
ST. IGNACE — High school cross country runners were put to a test on a course…
Mackinaw City boys and Cheboygan girls win at St. Ignace Invite
Centurions hold of Norse in volleyball action
Obituaries
Jerome H. Peterson
RAPID RIVER — Jerome “Jerry” Harvey Peterson, age 83, of Rapid River passed away on September 13, 2026 at UP Health Systems in Marquette. Family will receive friends October 2, 2026 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Skradski Funeral Home in Gladstone. A rosary will be led by St. Vincent de Paul…
ESCANABA — William B. Johnson, age 79, of Escanaba passed away Monday, September 28, 2026 at…
William B. Johnson
ESCANABA — Dorothy M. Olsen, 100, of Escanaba, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at…
Dorothy M. Olsen
ROCK — Gordon F. Schenning, age 87, of Rock, MI passed away Friday, September 25, 2026…
Gordon F. Schenning
Community
Registration open for fourth annual Escanaba Spooktacular Trunk-or-Treat
ESCANABA — Registration is now open for businesses, organizations and individuals who want to…
MARQUETTE — The year 2026 marks the first year of the Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival, a…
Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival to come to Marquette
Iron Mountain — The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $4,307,692 million in grants to seven community…
VA awards $4,307,692 to organizations in Michigan and Wisconsin
GFWC hosts district clubs at lakeside venue in Esky
Regional News
Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival to come to Marquette
MARQUETTE — The year 2026 marks the first year of the Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival, a weekend-long event celebrating traditional arts running from Oct. 2-4 in various locations around Marquette County. "Traditional folk arts are art forms or crafts that are learned in an informal environment, from artist to artist, rather than in an…
VA awards $4,307,692 to organizations in Michigan and Wisconsin
New Lock at the Soo Phase 3 reaches 50 percent complete milestone
Man charged with discharging sewage into Lake Michigan, impersonating a federal officer
Editorial
Editorial cartoon for Sept. 30, 2026
Tariffs, trade wars have made US farming harder
Editorial cartoon for Sept. 29, 2026
Editorial cartoon for Sept. 28, 2026
Local columns
Almanac for Sept. 30, 2026
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2026. There are 92 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 30, 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end after delivering more than 2.3 million tons of cargo to blockaded residents of West Berlin over 15 months. Also on this date:…
The perfect metaphor
What's the Matter with Kansas' Senators?
Almanac for Sept. 28, 2026
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