ESCANABA — The gales of November bent the old box elder tree in our backyard. Little Bay de Noc churned and splashed not far from our house. It is 1975 and Escanaba’s north shore stockpiles tons of iron ore pellets. Ore boats visit port Escanaba, and a conveyer belt loader has fed ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Delta Kappa Gamma Society honored Mary Stolze of Iron Mountain at a recent Beta Sigma Chapter meeting at the First Presbyterian Church in Iron Mountain. Stolze, who went on the most recent Upper Peninsula Honor Flight, was the program speaker Sept. 20. She served as a ...

As the Delta County Cancer Alliance wraps up Pink Fest/Bras for a Cause and National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are thankful for so many who helped to make our fundraising events an amazing success. This year we had 24 beautifully decorated bras displayed at Chenier's Reef, Rapid ...

Brittney Demarse and Jerimyia Wills Sr. welcomed a son, Jerimyia Lei Wills Jr., born Oct. 2, 2025, at OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba. Weight was 8 pounds. Siblings are Austin Wills, Alexis Wills, Rosie Wills, Autumn Wills and Khloe Wills.

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget has selected the official 2025 state Christmas tree, a 68-foot spruce from Sault Ste. Marie. Sault Ste. Marie resident Linda Reid donated the tree in honor of her grandparents, Lawrence and Nettie Richey. The spruce ...