MARQUETTE — This year's Upper Peninsula Veteran of the Year is Steve Kwarciany of Delta County. He will be honored at the U.P. Veteran of the Year ceremony, which begins at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 20 at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. Kwarciany's record of service reflects the ...
ESCANABA— The Escanaba Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has announced that the annual Summer Sidewalk Sales, scheduled for today, July 24, have been officially postponed until Friday, August 14. The delay is required to allow construction crews more time to replace pedestrian walkways ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — For the first time, the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center is rolling out an enrollment event just for women who served. Two dates have been set: 4 to 7 p.m. Central time Tuesday, Aug. 4, at the Northern Lights YMCA, 800 Crystal Lake Blvd., Iron Mountain; and 4 to 7 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the Northern Lights YMCA, 2000 N. 30th St., Escanaba. Led entirely by the VA’s all-female outreach and enrollment team, this is a unique opportunity for female veterans in the Iron Mountain and Escanaba areas to get the care and benefits they deserve — often ...
ESCANABA — The Delta County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution supporting the county's application for disaster assistance related to the March 2026 winter storm that Fox11 in Wisconsin dubbed “Winter Storm Elsa," during which Delta County was under a declared state of ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Already feeling pinched since the start of the Iran war, consumers are likely to feel more pain ahead as oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel Thursday amid renewed fighting and military strikes that have left global oil supplies stranded in the Middle East. The elevated price marked a turn from lower oil prices enjoyed briefly when hostilities between the U.S. and Iran waned in June. Brent crude, the international standard, last reached $100 a barrel in May. Companies that produce and sell fresh food, school supplies and anything that gets shipped using fuel ...
GLADSTONE — Members of the community are mourning the loss of Thomas L. Butch, a respected and influential figure whose legacy of leadership, public service and dedication leaves a lasting mark on the community he helped shape. Butch, aged 84, of Gladstone, passed away peacefully on ...
