ESCANABA — Thursday night, members of our community gathered for the Delta County Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner, an evening built around a simple but meaningful theme ~ United We Thrive. Throughout the evening, we celebrated businesses, organizations and individuals whose leadership, ...
If you are like many business owners throughout Delta County and the Upper Peninsula, finding and keeping good employees may be one of your greatest challenges. Whether you run a construction company, manufacturing business, restaurant, or another small business, finding people with the ...
GLADSTONE — A woman who relocated to Lake Bluff three years ago after operating a cleaning business in Oregon for 25 years started offering her experience to residents of the Gladstone area in May with a new operation: Little Bay Cleaning Services LLC. As a one-woman operation, Little ...
ESCANABA — The traditional culinary icon of the region, transformed into a new format, has changed the game. The Pizzasty, first invented by Marv Szukalowski in 2012 and manufactured by DeBacker's Dairy since 2026, is now offered by a number of area businesses. The Pizzasty is a round, ...
Over the past decade, Delta County's tourism economy has undergone a remarkable period of growth. The accompanying graph tells part of that story. Based on lodging assessments collected from properties with 10 or more rooms, estimated hotel revenue in Delta County grew from approximately $6.3 million in 2016 to nearly $13 million in 2025, an increase of more than 100 percent. Even more encouraging, our 2026 lodging assessment collections are currently running ahead of last year's record pace. There are many reasons for that growth, and Visit Escanaba is one part of a much larger ...
ESCANABA — The Stonehouse is reopening. The greater Escanaba community has missed the corner restaurant since December 2024, when a raging fire destroyed the building. Almost two years later, a new structure has been erected at 2223 Ludington St., and its doors have opened to ...
