Police responded around 11 a.m. to a tip about a person with a gun outside the Escanaba Junior/Senior High School. Schools locked down while law enforcement patrolled and kept on the lookout for suspicious persons in the area. Around 12:40 p.m., classes were permitted to resume, but outside ...

ESCANABA — The Bay Area Veterans Fishing Derby, hosted by the Bay de Noc Great Lakes Sportsfishermen in Escanaba on Saturday, was well-attended and took place under clear skies. This is the fourth year the event has taken place, and it’s grown substantially since the first one in 2022. A ...

ESCANABA — A Rapid River man faces arson charges after being accused of setting fire to the Rapid River Pub early Monday while staff and patrons were still inside. Steven Prestridge, 33, was arraigned Tuesday in the 94th District Court at the Delta County Courthouse on one count of ...

ESCANABA -- The event that celebrates and connects various professionals and other parties interested in the timber industry is back in Escanaba with the show on the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds from Thursday through Saturday. The Great Lakes Logging and Heavy Equipment Expo takes place ...

BARK RIVER -- Brothers Joe and Rick Peltier will host their first Veterans Fundraiser, with all proceeds going to Upper Peninsula Honor Flight, from 3-7 p.m. Saturday in the barn Joe calls “Freedom Hall,” 2026 Old U.S. 2/41 in Bark River. The Peltier Band of Brothers will provide live ...

Michigan is among the only strongholds for some of North America’s most unique and vulnerable wildlife. Whether it’s the Kirtland’s warbler nesting in young jack pine forests, piping plovers scurrying across sandy Great Lakes beaches or the Karner blue butterfly flitting among wild ...