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Glo Tanning Studio and Laundromat celebrates 20 years

ESCANABA — It has been 20 years since Stefanie Boucher, nee Anderson, began operating the joint tanning studio and laundromat at 308 N. Lincoln Rd. Now operating as Glo Tanning Studio and Laundromat in the plaza with Anytime Fitness, Exact Eye Care and Cricket Wireless, the place used to ...

National Walleye Tour coming to Bay de Noc

GLADSTONE — The 2026 Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s National Walleye Tour (NWT) is coming to Delta County June 18 to 19. The NWT — the premier professional Walleye tournament circuit in North America — will be holding the next in a series of four tournaments on Bay de Noc. The tournament ...

Lake Superior copper mines impacted U.S. refining

By the end of the 19th century, the Lake Superior copper district had already begun its decline in terms of copper production and its percentage of mineral contribution to the United States copper market. While the Copper Country could boast of contributing approximately 90% of the nation’s ...

Marinette man sentenced to five to 10 years on assault charges

MENOMINEE – A Marinette man has been sentenced to concurrent terms of five to 10 years for various charges, including assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder. Kevin Paul Richwalski, 38, was sentenced June 5 in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court. After an April ...

Trouser auction supports traveler’s future

ESCANABA – Not everyone can sell a pair of worn trousers for $7,000. But that’s exactly what Escanaba man Peter Frank has done, in part to help support a future journey. Frank – along with a Sawyer Loon canoe, a tricorne hat, a sense of adventure and the other scant things he traveled ...