ESCANABA — Today is Earth Day. The holiday began in 1970, but the idea of environmental conservation had been gathering traction for years. For a while, environmental activism was seen as a part of hippie counter-culture and not respected. To some, it’s still viewed ...
ESCANABA — Robin Popour, a former teacher’s aide of the Delta Schoolcraft Intermediate School District Learning Center was arrested last December after an incident occurring on Dec. 17 involving an alleged altercation with a special needs student. Popour is faced with one count of ...
GLADSTONE -- The Agricultural Science class at Gladstone, underway for the first time this year, spoke about the value of the course with the Gladstone Area Schools Board of Education on Monday. As a trial year, the program does not yet receive funding that it would if it became affiliated ...
ESCANABA -- After 24 years counseling clients and litigating their cases, Attorney Trenton M. Stupak is seeking to be elected the next Delta County District Court Judge. “My 24-year career has provided sufficient time to learn, time to counsel, time to litigate and time to fully appreciate ...
ESCANABA — A second reading, public hearing and adoption of an ordinance to establish the Escanaba Tree Advisory Board will take place on May 7. If the board is created, it would need at least three resident members to join, according to a draft ordinance. The City of Escanaba has a number ...
When most scholars of U.S. history study the birth and growth of the country, very few of them consider the Upper Peninsula’s contribution to the rise of the nation. And yet, it is so. John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company, with its headquarters on Mackinac Island, in 1808, ...