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State urges residents to prepare homes and vehicles for winter weather

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ESCANABA — The Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division (MSP/EMHSD), recently released a statement urging Michigan residents to prepare their homes and vehicles for severe snow, ice and extreme cold this winter as the state observes Winter Hazards Awareness Week through Nov. 14. On Sunday, Governor Whitmer proclaimed this week as Winter Hazard Awareness Week, recognising that Michigan winters can bring hazardous conditions. Severe winter weather poses risk of injury and property damage. “Michigan winters are unpredictable. In the last year alone, ...

This ocean liner was the world's fastest. It's being sunk to make the largest artificial reef

International News

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — An ocean liner that is longer than the Titanic and was once the fastest on the seas is headed to a final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world's largest artificial reef. The SS United States is scheduled to be sunk Wednesday off the coast of the Florida Panhandle, fulfilling a long-planned $13.5 million project aimed at attracting more divers and fishing enthusiasts to the area while creating a home for tuna, marlin and swordfish. The project will keep what had been a technological marvel when it made its maiden voyage in 1952 from becoming scrap ...

Scout Troop 411 receives funds

Community

ESCANABA — Scout Troop 411 recently received financial help from the Kenneth & Patricia Gartland Family Fund, a fund held by the Community Foundation for Delta County, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Upper Peninsula. “We know we wanted to help make a difference for scouts ...