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College fair to be held for prospective students and the public

ESCANABA — Next Monday, the Escanaba campus of Bay College is hosting a college fair, inviting students, families, community members, high school counselors and officials to attend. "Stay Local, Go Far!" is the slogan organizers hope to convey. Bay College is hosting the event in ...

Crafty Flea Market to offer 70 vendors at Lake Antoine

IRON MOUNTAIN — When Jennifer Flynn and Doni-Mae B. Rauch met in 1989, little did they know they would team up for charity work more than three decades later. The two now are the main organizers behind the ninth-annual Crafty Flea Market, set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the campgrounds ...

Drought considered severe in southern UP

IRON MOUNTAIN -- Two months of below-normal rainfall has led to severe drought in parts of Dickinson, Iron and Menominee counties, along with bordering Wisconsin communities. Locally, September has produced about a quarter-inch of rain since the U.S. Drought Monitor's latest update, but more ...

U.P. veterans prepare for 29th Honor Flight to Washington

ESCANABA — Veterans from throughout the Upper Peninsula are preparing to depart from Escanaba for Washington, D.C., Wednesday on the 29th Upper Peninsula Honor Flight mission. 73 veterans — including one woman — who served during the Korean and Vietnam wars are set to board Mission ...

Celebrating the workforce

ESCANABA — Yesterday, as Americans enjoyed a holiday, the sun shone in Escanaba while large groups representing the area's labor unions marched in a parade from near the Karas Memorial Bandshell in Ludington Park to the Municipal Dock, where a concert and activities followed.

Raising the roof

ESCANABA -- Friday's rain may have kept some people indoors, but the musical performances of "Raise the Roof," a fundraiser for the William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, went on. Local bands Wingin' It and The Make-Believe Spurs played on a stage set up in the parking lot west of the arts ...