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Gallows built along M-28, generating controversy

MARQUETTE — Last week, Tom Pegenau, owner of Pegenau Builders, set up a wooden gallows structure with a noose outside of the Pegenau Builders business on M-28 in Chocolay Township, later painted with the words “bureaucrats,” “justice” and “freedom,” along with a banner reading “United States of America 1776-2026 250 We the MFin People.” The gallows have generated significant online backlash, with Pegenau Builders receiving a flood of negative reviews on Facebook. Many commenters made statements such as that buisness owner Tom Pegenau “supports lynching.” Other ...

Soderman awarded Public Power scholarship

GLADSTONE -- Each year, member-owned WPPI Energy, which supplies electric power to the City of Gladstone, awards a scholarship to a local teen. This year's winner was 12th-grader Tyler Soderman from Gladstone Area High School, who wrote a stand-out essay. "Each year, WPPI provides funds to ...

DNR, local fire crews battle wildfire in Presque Isle County

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY — Firefighters from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and local fire departments in lower Michigan battled a wildfire late Sunday through Monday near the southeastern edge of the Tomahawk Creek Flooding in Presque Isle County. The wildfire burned about ...

Razing on Lincoln

ESCANABA -- After the property and building on the site was transferred from Anders Company to TMart just shy of two weeks ago, demolition of the strip mall that had been known as Lincoln Square commenced Monday. The new owners aim to build a new, 2,400-square-foot structure that will house ...

Delta County Opioid Taskforce hosts first regional gathering

ESCANABA — The Delta County Opioid Taskforce recently held the inaugural Upper Peninsula Opioid Taskforce Gathering, uniting community members and professionals for a working session on opioid settlement funding and prevention efforts. The event was hosted by the Delta Schoolcraft ...

Nessel, 22 states oppose USPS proposal undermining federal gun laws

LANSING – Michigan Attorney General (AG) Dana Nessel has joined a multistate comment letter signed by 22 states opposing a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) proposal that would allow the mailing of certain firearms across state borders. Since 1927, federal law has prohibited the USPS from mailing ...