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City backs volunteer effort to restore Escanaba street markers

ESCANABA — A group of local volunteers received official city approval of their efforts to restore and repaint Escanaba's street markers. Last summer, Monte Morrison and the late Kevin Chown began restoring the street markers that remained from the original 660 placed in town as part of ...

Daggett man sentenced to decades in prison for CSC

MENOMINEE — A Daggett man has been sentenced to decades in prison after sexually assaulting his then-girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter. Travis Scott Thiry, 45, was sentenced in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court on Friday to concurrent terms of 25 to 75 years in prison with credit ...

Body recovered

CHOCOLAY TOWNSHIP — The person who was swept off Blackrocks in Marquette by a wave during intense conditions on Thursday was found deceased Friday morning. The 62-year-old man from the Calumet area was knocked down and pulled out into the lake shortly before 3 p.m. on Thursday in what the ...

Bay College trustees may shuffle

ESCANABA — Four people ran for three full-term seats on the Bay de Noc Community College Board of Trustees, while a partial term had two certified write-in candidates. One of the write-in candidates for the partial term was also on the ballot for a full term. Cory Kuchenberg, Nicholas ...

Water Lily Gifts & Gather honored with Community Ambassador Award

Opening a new business takes vision, determination and optimism. Opening one just as the street in front of your store closes for reconstruction? That takes an extra measure of all three! That was the challenge facing Brandy Torvinen when she opened Water Lily Gifts & Gather at 1113 Ludington Street in downtown Escanaba this spring. Rather than letting construction define her business's beginning, Brandy embraced the opportunity to introduce something special to the community. Her enthusiasm, creativity and welcoming spirit earned Water Lily Gifts & Gather the 2026 Delta County ...