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Summer concert series returns to Van Cleve park

GLADSTONE — Live music has officially returned to the waterfront as the City of Gladstone’s 2026 Summer Concert Series gets underway. Following the season’s opening night on June 11 — which featured artist Paul Perry — the annual tradition will continue to run weekly on Thursday ...

Career fair continues to grow

MENOMINEE -- After their fourth-annual career fair for high schoolers and first ever open-to-the-public job fair, the West Bagley Homemakers are calling the dual event at Menominee High School a success. The first event of this kind hosted by the Homemakers was held in April of 2023 at ...

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 ...

Ice rink deadline closing in

ESCANABA -- As of noon on Monday, $34,637 remained to be raised for the accessible, refrigerated, outdoor ice rink that a local nonprofit is aiming to install in Ludington Park. There are two weeks left of the current online fundraiser. "Enhance Escanaba is working hard to ensure our kids ...

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 ...