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Bitter cold to persist at least until weekend

Local News

ESCANABA — This week’s frigid weather isn’t expected to be a brief cold snap to be taken lightly. Residents would be best advised to be minimize exposure and be prepared against effects of the plunging polar vortex through the end of January. While the term “polar vortex” became ...

Man convicted of killing 20-year-old woman in 2021 crash

Local News

SAULT STE. MARIE — Following a five-day jury trial, Tanner Dunbar Harrison was found guilty on Friday of one count of second-degree murder, nearly five years after the incident that claimed the life of a 20-year-old women. The case prosecuted by Chippewa County Chief Assistant Prosecutor ...

Escanaba School Board highlights student achievement

Local News

ESCANABA - The Escanaba School Board on Monday analyzed the district’s academic achievement in student data comparing pre-COVID statistics to last year’s data -- showing a marked improvement. Superintendent Coby Fletcher presented on the data collected in Escanaba Area Public Schools ...

Escanaba Public Safety receives donation

Community

ESCANABA - The Escanaba Public Safety Department recently received a donation of $95,000 from four local organizations to purchase new uniforms and ballistic vests for the department’s officers. The donors include: the Daniel J. Kobasic Foundation, The Edward J. Sackerson Charitable ...

Limestone FCU, FHLBank Indianapolis award scholarship funds

Community

Chippewa County – Limestone Financial Credit Union (Limestone FCU) partnered with FHLBank Indianapolis (FHLBI) to award $25,000 through the Money Masters Scholarship Program to first-generation college freshman students at Lake Superior State University (LSSU). Fifteen students who met the ...

Alpena house fire burns two people

Regional News

ALPENA -- A man in his 20s and a 2-year-old child sustained burn injuries in a structure fire in Alpena on Monday, according to a Monday press release from the Alpena Fire Department. The Alpena Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 1124 Ford Avenue at 9:13 a.m. Upon ...