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Michigan hopes new program will turn apprenticeships into degrees

Ten trade unions and 24 community colleges have signed up to participate in Michigan’s new College Credit for Apprenticeships Program, officials said Wednesday in a celebration at Schoolcraft College in Livonia. That includes at least one location in the Upper Peninsula, Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa ...

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 ...