ESCANABA — For over 30 years Scott Hanson has been with the Escanaba School District and even graduated from Escanaba in 1987. Hanson served as a Social Studies teacher and coached JV basketball for 23 years and varsity for two seasons. He coached the boys tennis team for five years and he ...
GLADSTONE — For many high school athletes it's a dream to play sports at the college level, for Holy Name student Mason Sierpien that dream is a reality as Sierpien committed to Lawrence Technological University and will study in Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry. Sierpien will also play ...
ESCANABA — After four top three finishes including three second place finishes, Tanner Rae found himself back in Victory Lane for the first time in the 2026 season after winning seven of the 10 races last season. “It was a fun night out there tonight,” Rae said. “I knew that Wyatt ...
ESCANABA — As we pass the midway point of the 2026 racing season at Escanaba Motor Speedway it's time for this week's Meet the Driver. This week we introduce you to 600 sprint driver Caden Tolliver. Adam Hinch: So Caden, when did you start racing? Caden Tolliver: I started racing carts ...
Ashes (Fraxinus spp.) have never been a large part of the Michigan forest landscape. At most, about three percent of the volume was occupied by a combination of white, black, and green ash. Yet, black ash (F. nigra) was sometimes the only tree species that could grow in wetlands. The elms used to be co-inhabitants, but we all know what happened to the elms. With the loss of the ashes, many forested wetland habitats will become open wetlands. Green ash (F. pennsylvanica) cultivars were very common street trees, resistant to most maladies, but over-planting ash in municipalities ...
MANISTIQUE — They say records are made to be broken. Not only did Uriah Aili of Manistique beat his own course record here Saturday morning. He shattered it by 41 seconds in the Emerald Chase five-kilometer run. The Bessemer High School graduate covered the 3.1-mile course in 15 minutes, 10.3 seconds on this sunny and very warm day. David Partyka of Manistique was a distant runner-up at 18:44.7, followed by Ben Goldsworthy of Fishers, Ind. (18:58.1). Aili, who coaches track at IUE University in Richmond, Ind., is trying to get ready for the 2028 World Olympics in Los Angeles ...
