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Bay and NMU establish direct admission program

ESCANABA & IRON MOUNTAIN – Bay de Noc Community College (Bay College) and Northern Michigan University (NMU) have entered into a Direct Admission Program agreement designed to make the transition from community college to a bachelor’s degree more seamless for students across Michigan’s ...

Vigils bring awareness to domestic violence

ESCANABA — Tri-County Safe Harbor (TCSH) is to honor survivors and victims at vigils of domestic violence at three locations in Delta, Schoolcraft and Menominee counties this month. As October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), candlelight vigils honoring those lost alongside those who survived will be held soon in Delta, Schoolcraft and Menominee counties. The public is invited to attend. "Anyone wanting to share their story, honor a victim or survivor, or offer silent support is welcome to attend," TCSH stated in a press release. Nationally each October, people work to ...

Fentanyl felony sentence issued

ESCANABA — A young Wilson man, Colton Brunette, was sentenced Monday to six months in Delta County Jail and two years of probation following a guilty plea in August to one felony count of conspiracy to commit controlled substance - delivery/manufacture. The case arose from an October 2024 ...

Federal grant of $5.2M to fund western UP nickel exploration

BARAGA — A $5.2 million federal grant will help fund high-grade nickel and copper exploration at the LM Property in the western Upper Peninsula. Trans Superior Resources, a Michigan-based subsidiary for Canadian company Bitterroot Resources Ltd, received U.S. Department of War funding available through the Defense Production Act Title II program, according to a news release from InvestUP. The funding will help Trans Superior Resources with exploratory drilling, geophysical and geochemical surveys, permitting and other work in the Baraga Basin, a mineral-rich area spanning across ...