Driver arraigned after crash on Mackinac Bridge
MACKINAC COUNTY – The 28-year-old man arrested after a two-vehicle crash on the Mackinac Bridge Wednesday morning has been arraigned. Redane Smith, a seasonal worker from Jamaica, was arraigned Thursday in the Mackinac County 92nd District Court, on one count of reckless driving causing ...
Eleven 10: some old, some new
ESCANABA — Sara Papaik’s vision for an unpretentious yet quality dining experience in downtown Escanaba is unfolding at Eleven 10 Bistro. After working in restaurants throughout her adolescent and adult life, Papaik began to toy with the idea of owning her own. For over a decade after ...
Spooky season upcoming
It's not yet October, but fall has sprung, and local residents are getting into the spirit.
Nessel seeks to cut UPPCO rate hike by 42%
MARQUETTE -- State Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking state regulators to sharply reduce a proposed Upper Peninsula Power Co. electric rate increase, arguing the utility should receive no more than $9.9 million of the $17.3 million it wants. Nessel filed testimony with the Michigan Public ...
Communities that Care awarded federal grant
MENOMINEE — The Communities that Care Coalition of Marinette and Menominee Counties, under the Menominee County Intermediate School District Prevention Services, has been selected to receive a $125,000 federal grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program. This award marks the coalition's sixth year of DFC funding, after experiencing a lapse in funding last fiscal year after ONDCP required a recompete of all awards to ensure applicant compliance with the administration's executive orders and priorities. This award ...