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National Walleye Tour coming to Bay de Noc

GLADSTONE — The 2026 Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s National Walleye Tour (NWT) is coming to Delta County June 18 to 19. The NWT — the premier professional Walleye tournament circuit in North America — will be holding the next in a series of four tournaments on Bay de Noc. The tournament will launch from North Shore Boat Launch beginning at approximately 7 a.m. on both days with public weigh-ins held at Van Cleve Park in Gladstone starting at 3 p.m. The Delta County Chamber of Commerce has put out a notice to the public and local businesses that the NWT will bring many top ...

Glo Tanning Studio and Laundromat celebrates 20 years

ESCANABA — It has been 20 years since Stefanie Boucher, nee Anderson, began operating the joint tanning studio and laundromat at 308 N. Lincoln Rd. Now operating as Glo Tanning Studio and Laundromat in the plaza with Anytime Fitness, Exact Eye Care and Cricket Wireless, the place used to ...

Michigan hopes new program will turn apprenticeships into degrees

Ten trade unions and 24 community colleges have signed up to participate in Michigan’s new College Credit for Apprenticeships Program, officials said Wednesday in a celebration at Schoolcraft College in Livonia. That includes at least one location in the Upper Peninsula, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa ...

Water break

Ice rink deadline closing in

ESCANABA -- As of noon on Monday, $34,637 remained to be raised for the accessible, refrigerated, outdoor ice rink that a local nonprofit is aiming to install in Ludington Park. There are two weeks left of the current online fundraiser. "Enhance Escanaba is working hard to ensure our kids ...

Marinette man sentenced to five to 10 years on assault charges

MENOMINEE – A Marinette man has been sentenced to concurrent terms of five to 10 years for various charges, including assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder. Kevin Paul Richwalski, 38, was sentenced June 5 in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court. After an April ...