ESCANABA — Kelli van Ginhoven (D) of Escanaba has declared her intent and filed to run for District 38 Michigan Senate in 2026. A near life-long resident of Delta County, Kelli van Ginhoven is currently the vice chair of the Delta County Board of Commissioners. She assumed office in a ...
LANSING – On Friday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed three bipartisan bills that will support Michigan’s small businesses by lowering costs and honor service members who lost their lives in the line of duty. Specifically, this package includes a bill that eliminates unnecessary red tape, reducing operating costs for distillers and mixed spirit manufacturers in our state and making it easier for them to expand their businesses. Including today’s legislation, Governor Whitmer has signed a record 1,509 bipartisan bills into law since taking office. “Michigan’s small businesses ...
HOUGHTON — A wolf on Isle Royale that had been going into campsites for human food has been killed after other measures to discourage it failed, park officials said. Managers at the Lake Superior island became concerned earlier this summer with the activities of at least two wolves known to ...
Courtesy photo A resident of Christian Park Village in Escanaba plays a game on the midway at the U.P. State Fair last week. About two dozen residents were able to attend the fair because of fundraisers by staff at the facility.
ESCANABA — The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) with Menominee Delta Schoolcraft Community Action Agency is scheduled for distribution in Menominee and Delta Counties in September, 2025. The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is for residents who are 18 years of age or older who meet the income guidelines of 300% of Federal Poverty level. The gross monthly income guidelines for 2025 are as follows: NEW INCOME GUIDELINES as of May 1, 2025. Household of 1 = $3,913 or less per month Household of 2 = $5,288 or less per month Household of 3 = $6,663 or less per month ...
Michigan Department of Natural Resources The oldest known lake trout in the Great Lakes, 62 years old at the time of capture, was recently documented by researchers at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Marquette Fisheries Research Station. This fish was collected from Klondike Reef in Lake Superior in the fall of 2023 by a team of intrepid researchers from the DNR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Purdue University. Age is one of most important variables in tracking population health for fish, and this finding indicates that lake ...
