ESCANABA — The Delta County Board took several votes to retain John Malnar as chair and elected a new vice-chair, Patrick Johnson, at its organizational meeting Tuesday. Commissioners opened the meeting with nominations for board chair. Commissioners Kelli van Ginhoven, Matthew Jensen and ...

Court of Claims Judge Sima G. Patel on Monday denied the state of Michigan’s request to rehear a motion to toss a lawsuit filed by cannabis industry advocates against the 24% wholesale tax on marijuana that took effect on Jan. 1. In October the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association filed a ...

ESCANABA — Christopher Reynolds of Rock has ended his bid for Michigan’s 38th Senate District seat and will instead run for the Michigan House of Representatives in District 108. “This decision did not come lightly,” Reynolds wrote in a news release. “Over the past several weeks, I ...

ESCANABA – Local businesses recently adorned their window displays to compete in the second-annual “Walking in a Winter Windowland” Christmas decoration contest sponsored by the Business Partners Committee of the Escanaba Downtown Development Authority. The promotional event, which ...

ESCANABA — The Escanaba High School girls basketball teams had an unexpected and frightening night Tuesday after leaving their game against Marquette when the school bus slid off an icy road and rolled on its side in a ditch. A few students were injured, none seriously. A passerby and ...

ESCANABA — A fire that severely damaged the local Race Ramps facility in October left dozens of employees facing sudden uncertainty. In the weeks that followed, Kindness Rocks U.P. Michigan stepped in to help, eventually raising $22,254 for those employees. On Oct. 23, a large fire broke ...