ESCANABA -- The Special Olympics UP Regional Basketball Tournament was held in the gym of the Escanaba Junior/Senior High School on Saturday, March 7. The event has been sponsored by the Escanaba Kiwanis for over 40 years, and this year was another great success, organizers reported. Prior ...
MANISTIQUE – With support from the Michigan Credit Union Foundation, Limestone Financial Credit Union (Limestone FCU) recently hosted two "financial reality fairs" for students at Manistique Middle and High Schools. This event provided middle school students in grades seven and eight and high ...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office has asked for a federal investigation into why no tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service before deadly storms hit southwest Michigan on Friday night. The Detroit News reported that Whitmer’s office is asking whether the lack of any ...
ESCANABA – The murder trial of Tavaris Jackson entered its second week Monday in Delta County 47th Circuit Court. Jurors heard testimony from two expert witnesses, including a forensic anthropologist and a specialist in intelligence analysis and cellphone data interpretation. Jessica ...
ESCANABA — The jury in the Tavaris Jackson murder trial heard testimony Monday from two of Jackson’s former girlfriends, neighbors of the alleged victim Harley Corwin and an officer who investigated a February 2023 assault on Corwin. Ernest and Valerie Reiner, Corwin’s next-door ...
MAPLE RIDGE TOWNSHIP -- A five-month bridge reconstruction on the Osier-Rock cut-across -- County Road 432, otherwise known as East Maple Ridge 37th Road -- will make the portion over the Elm Creek branch of the Rapid River inaccessible to traffic. The suggested detour is 30 miles ...