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DNR needs volunteers to mentor youth in outdoor recreation activities at UP State Fair

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ESCANABA — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is seeking local volunteers and community organizations to serve as mentors at the DNR Pocket Park during the upcoming Upper Peninsula State Fair, scheduled for Aug. 17-23. The one-acre park, located within the U.P. State Fairgrounds off U.S. Highway 2, provides hands-on outdoor recreation and skills training for youth. Volunteer duties during the fair include assisting children with catch-and-release fishing in the U.P.-shaped bluegill pond, supervising pellet gun and archery ranges, staffing the fire tower, and greeting ...

Health care-focused simulation workshop at Bay College

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ESCANABA — Bay College is co-hosting a mini Simulation User Network event on the Bay College Escanaba campus from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time Friday, July 17 in the Besse Health & Technology building and Joseph Heirman University Center, just off Danforth Road. The Great Lakes Mini SUN will target clinical educators from local hospitals, health care faculty members, surrounding Upper Peninsula colleges, simulation specialists, and high school ISD partners. The event is intended to educate participants about high-quality simulation and the importance it can play in nurse ...

Today in Sports June 30

National Sports

1909 — Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to a no decision in 6 rounds at Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to retain his heavyweight boxing title. 1916 — Amateur Chick Evans Jr. wins the U.S. Open with a record 286 total. 1929 — Bobby Jones beats Al Espinosa by 23 strokes in a 36-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open. 1962 — Murle Lindstrom wins the U.S. Women’s Open by two strokes over Jo Anne Prentice and Ruth Jessen. 1965 — The NFL grants Atlanta a franchise. Rankin Smith Sr., an Executive Vice President of Life Insurance Company of Georgia, pays $8.5 million for the ...

What to know about voting in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary

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(This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan’s free newsletter at https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/subscribe/) Election season is officially kicking off in ...

Eleven Foot Shoal: Four decades of floating beacons

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Editor’s note: This story on Eleven Foot Shoal is the third in a series on the area’s lighthouses, and in this case, lightships. ESCANABA — The history of Eleven Foot Shoal is not defined by a single lightship, but by a succession of vessels that shared the station's name while ...