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Chamber golf outing tees up June 4

If you’ve ever wished you could mix a little business with a lot of fresh air, the Delta County Chamber’s annual Golf Outing is your kind of day. Set for June 4 at the Escanaba Country Club, this long-standing event (now in its 33rd year!) brings together business professionals from ...

More road restrictions lifted in Upper Peninsula

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Transportation continues to adjust spring weight restriction areas in an annual move to protect roads. Effective at 7 a.m. today, weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including U.S. 2 from the Wisconsin border in Ironwood east to M-28 in Wakefield then east on M-28 to I-75, then north on I-75 to the International Bridge in Sault Ste. Marie. Frost restrictions are still in effect and will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways north and west of the U.S. ...

BraveBots Shine on World Stage at Robotics Championship

Team 4391, the BraveBots, recently traveled caravan-style to Houston, Texas, bringing along a group of 55 students, mentors, and parents to compete at the prestigious World Robotics Championship. The team was one of only two from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to qualify for the global event, ...

Delta County voters to decide on countywide transit millage

ESCANABA — A proposed countywide transit millage on the ballot this August could bring expanded public transportation service to every township in Delta County. Delta County voters will decide Aug. 4 whether to approve a new countywide transit millage that would expand Delta Area Transit ...