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Delta County Board approves enhancements for two parks

ESCANABA – The Delta County Board voted Tuesday to add four new sites at OB Fuller Park in Bark River and approved other enhancements and maintenance for Fuller and Pioneer Trail parks. Fuller Park will receive three new camping sites along Lake Michigan, with the fourth being a forest site ...

Michigan high court eyes limits on courthouse immigration arrests

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Law enforcement would be barred from making civil arrests — including immigration arrests of suspected noncitizens — in state and local ...

US Navy cancels ships to be built in Marinette

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is calling on the U. S. Navy to “keep commitments made” by bringing more shipbuilding to Wisconsin after the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar contract with a Marinette shipbuilder. Navy Secretary John Phelan announced in a social media video last week that ...

Storms keep snowmobile trails impassable in western UP

Storms that hit the Upper Peninsula over the past week have left snowmobile trails impassable across portions of six U.P. counties, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. “Some snowmobile clubs are out clearing trails, others are continuing to assess the damage caused by ...

Today in Sports Dec. 4

1945 — “Mr. Inside” Doc Blanchard of Army becomes the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy. Blanchard also becomes the only athlete to win both the Heisman and Sullivan Award. 1951 — Princeton triple-threat tailback Richard Kazmaier wins the Heisman Trophy. Kazmaier led the nation in ...