Superyacht docks in Esky
ESCANABA -- A superyacht allegedly owned by a downstate billionaire was spotted in Escanaba on Monday. Satori, which is a Buddhist term meaning enlightenment, is the name of a 208-foot luxury yacht reportedly owned by Jay Alix, an Oakland County, Michigan-based businessman and ...
Squaw Point Lighthouse: Gone but not forgotten
Editor's note: This story on the Squaw Point Lighthouse is the seventh in a series on the area's lighthouses and lightships. LITTLE BAY DE NOC — Although the Squaw Point Lighthouse has vanished from the shoreline, its legacy endures in the stories of the keepers who maintained it and the ...
Local nurse gets delayed sentence in morphine case
ESCANABA — A registered nurse accused of stealing morphine from Christian Park Village, an assisted living facility where she was previously employed, appeared in Delta County 47th Circuit Court on Monday to discuss the terms of her delayed sentence. In May, Jenna Leigh Furmanski pleaded ...
Multiple overnight overdoses, death related to local cocaine purchases
MENOMINEE — Sheriff Darrin Kuda of the Menominee County Sheriff's Office reports that cocaine use has resulted in at least four overdoses and one death in Marinette and Menominee Counties since last night. While individuals have been detained in reference to this investigation, Sheriff Kuda cautions that more of the tainted drug may have been distributed locally. A joint investigation comprised of multiple Michigan- and Wisconsin-based agencies is ongoing. Anyone with information related to these incidents are asked to contact the Menominee County Sheriff's Office via phone at ...
