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Escanaba Kiwanis Club prepares for Spring Expo, seeks vendors

ESCANABA — The Escanaba Kiwanis Club is inviting vendors to take part in the 2026 Kiwanis Spring Expo, held April 10 through 12 at the Ruth Butler Building on the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds. Formerly known as the Kiwanis Home and Garden Show and Pancake Days, the newly renamed ...

Coast Guard rescues man stranded on ice off Mackinac Island

MACKINAC ISLAND - A man stranded on ice about a mile off Mackinac Island’s west shore was rescued Sunday evening in a multi-agency operation. Mackinac Island Fire Department (MIFD) Chief Jason St. Onge was alerted at 4:40 p.m. Sunday that a man was lost on the ice in the Straits of Mackinac. ...

Escanaba City Council to consider Yacht Club lease approval

ESCANABA - The Escanaba City Council is set to consider approving a new lease agreement with the Escanaba Yacht Club (EYC), following several weeks of discussion and public input on the proposed terms. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday at City Hall, 410 Ludington St., Room C101. ...

Feeling the impact

ESCANABA -- Tuesday marked the end of the blizzard that had been raging since Sunday, but the lingering effects have left Delta County and six others in a State Emergency. Plows returned to the roads by late Monday, some businesses were able to reopen Tuesday, and the wind -- which had been ...

Forum with Congressional candidates Thursday

ESCANABA — Citizens will have a chance to “Meet the Candidates” in the race for Michigan’s First Congressional District this Thursday at Bay College. Several candidates aspire to defeat currently-seated Congressman Jack Bergman, who has held the position in the U.S. House of ...