EGLE issues statewide air quality alert
ESCANABA — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) has issued a statewide Air Quality Alert for elevated levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) for Wednesday as thick smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires is expected to cause air quality conditions to reach ...
Fire station turns into water park
ESCANABA TOWNSHIP -- Dozens of people showed up to cool off under the shower of Escanaba Township Fire Department's ladder truck in the nearly-100-degree heat on Tuesday. The volunteer department offered the fun for two hours -- from 3 to 5 p.m. -- at Besse Hall on P.5 Road. The station is ...
Menominee County Fair begins tomorrow
STEPHENSON — The Menominee County Fair is just about ready to begin at Shakey Lakes County Park in Stephenson. The four-day event is set for July 16 to 19. First known as the Cloverland Farmers Fair and later as Dairy Days, the tradition began in 1913 and has brought generations together ...
Homemakers provide trade scholarships
STEPHENSON — The West Bagley Homemakers, the charitable volunteer group based in Menominee County and which has organized career fairs the last several years, has once again displayed a commitment to the future of local students. The Homemakers recently awarded 10 trade and technical ...
Sackerson Foundation donates to Dream Maker Children's Museum
ESCANABA — The Edward J Sackerson Foundation recently made a $5,000.00 donation to the Dream Maker Children's Museum (DMCM), to help make the dream of a children's museum in Delta County a reality. Pictured are DMCM board members Andrea Tourangeau and Karissa Dagenais with Jenine Maloney ...