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Air quality throughout Delta County reaches "hazardous" levels

ESCANABA — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) issued a statewide air quality alert at midnight Tuesday as thick smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires elevated fine particulate matter (PM2.5) to what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers ...

Property transactions for Thursday, July 16, 2026

Recent property transactions in Delta County — BALDWIN TOWNSHIP Warranty deed: grantor – Tricia Nixon, grantee – Baldwin Township, Lot 16, Perkins Supervisor’s Plat, Baldwin Township. BARK RIVER TOWNSHIP Warranty deed: grantor – Brian Christian Poe, Jesse Ann Poe, grantee – Kyle Porter, Lot 1, Block 6, Village of Shafer, Bark River Township. CITY OF ESCANABA Warranty deed: grantor – Neil A. Hivala, Betty J. Hivala, grantee – Neil A. Hivala, life estate, Betty J. Hivala, life estate, Anne E. Benetti, transfer on death, Lots 9-10, Block 43, Campbells Addition ...

Air quality in Delta County worsens to "hazardous" levels

ESCANABA — According to AirNow — an official U.S. government program that provides real-time and forecast air quality data — particle pollution reached "hazardous" levels in several areas of Delta County today and is forecast to remain at such levels through Thursday. An Air Quality ...