LANSING — Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags across the state to be lowered to half-staff on Friday, May 2, to honor the life and service of Army Staff Sergeant Troy S. Knutson-Collins, who passed away at the age of 28 during a training accident in Lithuania. The ...

ESCANABA — For one day only, on Friday, May 9 the Bay College greenhouse will be selling native plant seedlings and vegetable starts. Proceeds support the continuing operation of the greenhouse and plant donations to various community groups and projects. The Bay College Greenhouse is ...

ESCANABA — Bay College is proud to announce Dr. Julie (Schmidt) Berkhof as the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award. Bay College’s Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award was established in 1999 by the Alumni Association to annually recognize an outstanding graduate ...

MENOMINEE — Menominee County Sheriff’s Office activity report from April 4 to 11. On 04/05/2025 at 9:44 AM a deputy responded to a property damage complaint in Gourley Township. On 04/06/2025 at 3:42 PM, deputies were dispatched to a personal injury ORV collision in Gourley Township. ...

GLADSTONE — Team registrations are being accepted for the 4th Annual Gladstone Soo Line Steam Engine #730 Authority 4 person 18 hole Golf Scramble. The event will be held on Thursday, May 29, at the Escanaba Country Club. Entry fee is $360 per 4-person team. The tournament format is an ...

MANISTIQUE — A Beginning Birders Walk will be held at the Manistique Environmental Education Lab on Saturday, May 3 from 8 to 11 a.m. The event is free, and binoculars will be available for use, courtesy of Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Scott and Linda Thomasma, retired wildlife biologists, ...