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Escanaba City Hall, library to close early Wednesday

ESCANABA — Escanaba City Hall and the Escanaba Public Library will close early Wednesday, at 2:45 p.m due to interrupted services caused by essential water line work, city officials announced. Both facilities will resume normal business hours Thursday of 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for City Hall ...

Marinette, Peshtigo residents frustrated with pace of PFAS cleanup

More than 1.8 billion gallons of water has been treated to remove PFAS stemming from a Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam, but efforts remain ongoing to reduce groundwater contamination amid a political standoff in Madison over addressing PFAS. In a Thursday listening session, ...

Ironwood mayor reacts to Aspirus deciding to end birthing services

IRONWOOD – Aspirus Health is is facing pushback on its plans to end birthing services at its Ironwood hospital Dec. 31, after rejecting $1.2 million from the 2025 Michigan state budget to provide obstetric and gynecological care in that Gogebic County community. The announcement Sept. 5 ...

Marquette Alternative High School finishes solar project

MARQUETTE — Friday saw the installation and final touches to the four-year solar power project at Marquette Alternative High School. Students, faculty and more contributors have been hard at work getting the project off the ground with grant writing and fundraising that have culminated in ...

Gladstone manufacturer VanAire is a global name

GLADSTONE — Birthed in a garage and now distributing products around the globe is VanAire Inc., a company specializing in primarily the manufacture of valve automation hardware — specifically, linkage kits to join valves and actuators. They also now make equipment that helps clean water ...