Building on a longstanding partnership with Indigenous nations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is intensifying its commitment to sowing manoomin, a native aquatic rice and staple of the Anishinaabe people. The DNR’s Wildlife Division, working with the Keweenaw Bay Indian ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Phase 1 of the “Everyone Plays!” Lake Antoine Park Playground project is now complete. The Lake Antoine Park Partners recently hosted a ribbon-cutting for the new accessible playground to honor its many donors, including individuals, organizations and businesses. ...

With the “Woods and Water” theme setting a warm and familiar tone, this year’s Delta County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner on Oct, 9 felt like a true reflection of life in Delta County — where our seasons, shoreline and surrounding forests shape both our lifestyle and our community ...

ESCANABA – The Bay College and Lake Superior State University Regional Chapter of Business Professionals of America recently had its annual “Warm Coats for Warm Hearts” campaign to collect coats for those in need in Delta County. This student-driven campaign ran from Oct. 6 to Oct. 20. ...

ESCANABA — Somewhere in the wilds, along the eerie Escanaba River, a haunted coffee pot brews! In late autumn, when the last crimson maple leaf plummets to the ground and the frosty mornings make the river cry out with a magic mist, the pot perks! Green moss grows. The cedar swamp is cold ...

GLADSTONE — Scott LaFleur held the perfect cribbage hand of 29 in club play Monday at the American Legion in Gladstone. LaFleur held the three fives with the Jack of spades and cut the five of spades. The odds of getting a 29 in a two-player cribbage game are 1 in 216,580. Grass Roots Club ...