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 ...

ESCANABA - Testimony continued Wednesday in the murder trial of Tavaris Jackson in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court, with jurors hearing from law enforcement officers, a key witness and a volunteer who helped locate the victim’s body. Jackson, 35, is charged with one count of open ...

NEWBERRY — A pair of downstate men have been arrested and charged were arrested following an attempted drug smuggling incident at the Newberry Correctional Facility. On Feb. 28, Michigan State Police troopers from the agency’s Sault Ste. Marie post were notified by Newberry Correctional ...

ESCANABA — Respiratory illness thrives in the winter. This year, cases have been high and continue to be quite present, but Michigan appears to be past the season’s highest peak. The blanket term “respiratory illness” refers to a handful of afflictions that affect the lungs and ...

MARQUETTE — Dr. Tim Hunt of the Bayshore Veterinary Hospital in Harvey has been involved in the sport of mushing since 1995. Now he is on his way to Alaska to judge the Iditarod, the famed 1,000+ mile sled-dog race from Seward to Nome. Hunt is no stranger to the Iditarod, which is known ...

ESCANABA – The murder trial of Tavaris Jackson is officially underway in Delta County’s 47th Circuit Court after a jury was selected Tuesday morning. Jackson, 35, faces one count of open murder - a felony punishable by up to life in prison - in the death of 22-year-old Harley Corwin. He ...