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Escanaba considers City Manager applicants

ESCANABA -- The Escanaba City Council agreed on Thursday to offer the position of City Manager to Zeke Jackson, one of two candidates who were interviewed. On Feb. 24, City Council conducted interviews with Jackson and one other applicant but waited to discuss until the regular council ...

Marquette sheriff, county commissioners address ICE issue

MARQUETTE — The past few Marquette County Board of Commissioners meetings have included lengthy public comments sections wherein residents have expressed concern about federal law enforcement and have requested that the commissioners draft a resolution addressing those concerns. At Tuesday ...

Forensic scientist testifies at Jackson’s murder trial

ESCANABA - A Michigan State Police (MSP) forensic scientist testified Thursday during the third day of the murder trial of Tavaris Jackson. Taylor Sharp, a forensic scientist with the MSP Forensic Science Lab in Marquette, told the jury that her team received a request to process a crime ...

Detectives detail evidence and interviews about Corwin case

ESCANABA - The lead detective and other investigators in Harley Corwin’s homicide investigation testified before the jury Thursday in the murder trial of Tavaris Jackson. Detective Sgt. Mark Hanson of the Delta County Sheriff's Office, who recently retired, took the witness stand Thursday ...

GLTPA Spring Celebration to unite loggers

ESCANABA — The Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLTPA), the same organization that hosts the heavy equipment expo formerly called the “Logging Congress” at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds every other year, is gearing up for its annual Spring Celebration, which will be ...