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Forum for Gladstone commission candidates on Wednesday

Local News

GLADSTONE - The League of Women Voters of Delta County will partner with the American Association of University Women to host a forum for Gladstone City Commission candidates at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Gladstone City Hall, 1100 Delta Ave. Four candidates are running for three seats in ...

Local group marks National Friends of Libraries Week

Community

ESCANABA — National Friends of Libraries Week promotes groups who support libraries across the country. Focusing on the third week in October each year, the observance provides the opportunity for groups to increase awareness about membership opportunities, their goals, projects and ...

DNR: Vehicle collisions have killed 60 moose in UP in four years

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Sixty moose have been killed in vehicle collisions over the past four years in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with most of the crashes occurring on stretches of highway in the western U.P. The fall and summer months, when moose are particularly active, are the most common times for ...

Johnson Distributing has grown in trends, changes

Local News

ESCANABA — Johnson Distributing Co. has operated in Escanaba for decades, supplying area stores, restaurants and bars with beverages in cans, bottles and kegs. Today, their reach is into Delta, Alger, Schoolcraft, Menominee and Marquette counties — though with different products sold in ...

Schools, law enforcement develop emergency response protocols

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ESCANABA – All school districts within Delta and Schoolcraft counties have entered into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement and first responders to standardize emergency response protocols. The memorandum, or agreement, establishes action-based language that is used in ...

Lone Birch offers golf in rural Felch

Community

FELCH TOWNSHIP — In the late 1970s, Dick Lindholm looked out at a hayfield on his Metropolitan Road property and saw a golf course. So he carved out fairways and greens, cutting the tall grass and weeds "as short as I could with a push mower." They buried coffee cans for holes, using long ...