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Raven Wood Gardens helping local veterans through garden therapy

ESCANABA — Raven Wood Gardens got together for a cookout Tuesday morning to continue work on their garden for veteran horticultural therapy. The Raven Wood Gardens is a non profit organization with the goal of providing community support for veterans, caregivers and emergency responders ...

Undocumented immigrant from Mexico arrested in Escanaba

ESCANABA — An undocumented immigrant from Mexico has been arrested in Escanaba by a Sault Ste. Marie Station agent. According to the U.S. Border Patrol Detroit Sector's announcement Wednesday morning, the subject was charged in Minnesota with domestic violence, obstruction and felony drug possession in April. Border patrol has announced additional charges: alien inadmissibility, alien present without admission and immigrant without immigrant visa. The individual is currently being processed for deportation.

Holy Name teacher retires after 39 years

ESCANABA -- Hundreds of students who have gone through Holy Name Catholic School have been fortunate to have learned from Mrs. Debra Casey. After teaching at Holy Name for 39 years, Casey retired at the end of the 2025 to 2026 school year. Mrs. Casey, who most recently served as a ...

Today in Sports June 10

1890 — The Preakness Stakes is run outside Baltimore, at Morris Park in New York. The race is then suspended for three years, and resumes at the Brooklyn Jockey Club’s Gravesend Course from 1894-1908. 1932 — Gene Sarazen leads wire-to-wire to win the British Open by five strokes ahead of Macdonald Smith at Prince’s Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Sarazen finishes with a tournament record of 283. 1933 — Johnny Goodman wins the U.S. Open golf title, making him the last amateur to win this event. 1934 — Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 in extra time to win the second FIFA World ...

Gwinn man convicted of criminal sexual conduct, child abuse

OCEANA COUNTY – An Oceana County jury on Friday found a Gwinn man guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree child abuse stemming from the assault of a young girl in the early 2010s. After a four-day jury trial, Jeffrey Scott Barrett, 43, of Gwinn, was convicted of four ...

ESCANABA — A new development in the Bark River Knives receivership case was addressed Tuesday in Delta County Circuit Court, where Judge John Economopoulos approved the appointment of legal counsel for the court-appointed receiver overseeing the company's remaining assets. Receiver Scott ...