ESCANABA – Dredging was completed this week at the Escanaba Harbor. Harbormaster Larry Gravatt says 14-thousand cubic yards of sand was taken out of the mouth of the harbor. The $142-thousand project was paid for by the state’s emergency dredging fund. Gravatt says it will provide better access to the harbor.
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ESCANABA – Drug trafficking across the Michigan Wisconsin border is becoming a problem for Menominee and the Upper Peninsula especially with heroin because drug dealers apparently know that they face more lenient sentencing if caught in Michigan than they do in Wisconsin.
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MENOMINEE – Three people were arrested last week on drug charges in Menominee as a result of an interstate heroin trafficking investigation. The arrests were made Thursday and Friday by the Menominee County Wide Drug Enforcement Team and the Northeast Tri-County Drug Enforcement Team.
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MARQUETTE – Thrivent Financial, Theresa M. Sell FIC presented a $5,000.00 check to the YMCA of Marquette County. Attending the presentation were Thrivent Financial Office Professional, Shelby Bischoff, Thrivent Financial Consultant, Theresa M. Sell and YMCA Community Engagement Leader, Matt Deal.
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MARQUETTE – Thrivent Financial, Theresa M. Sell FIC presented a $13,400.00 check to the Earthkeepers Hunger Relief and Environmental Initiative Project. The money will help fund two financial workshops and one strategic planning retreat.
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BOIS BLANC ISLAND – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is offering more than 100 parcels of state-owned land on Bois Blanc Island in Mackinac County for sale by sealed-bid auction. The auction begins today, Oct. 23, and will run through Nov. 20.
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GLADSTONE – About 5,000 walleye were planted Wednesday on Little Bay de Noc to support the fishery on the bay. This is the fourth year of the Walleye Restoration Project.
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NEGAUNEE – Parts of the Upper Peninsula are seeing the first significant snowfall of the season this morning. Meteorologist Steve Fleegel at the National Weather Service in Negaunee said some areas have as much as three inches of snow.
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LANSING — After months of searching far and wide across Michigan, the state’s 28th Christmas tree, a 68-foot blue spruce, was found in the northwestern reaches of the Upper Peninsula. Selected by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB), the tree will be delivered to the state Capitol on Saturday, Nov. 9.
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ESCANABA – Don Crawford’s Great Grandfather went to Hancock as a cabinet maker in 1863 at the start of the copper boom. He started working as an undertaker because he could make caskets. The family has continued to run the business for 150 years.
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ESCANABA – Dredging was completed this week at the Escanaba Harbor. Harbormaster Larry Gravatt says 14-thousand cubic yards of sand was taken out of the mouth of the harbor. The $142-thousand project was paid for by the state’s emergency dredging
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ESCANABA – Drug trafficking across the Michigan Wisconsin border is becoming a problem for Menominee and the Upper Peninsula especially with heroin because drug dealers apparently know that they face more lenient sentencing if caught in Michigan than they do
Read More
MENOMINEE – Three people were arrested last week on drug charges in Menominee as a result of an interstate heroin trafficking investigation. The arrests were made Thursday and Friday by the Menominee County Wide Drug Enforcement Team and the Northeast
Read More
MARQUETTE – Thrivent Financial, Theresa M. Sell FIC presented a $5,000.00 check to the YMCA of Marquette County. Attending the presentation were Thrivent Financial Office Professional, Shelby Bischoff, Thrivent Financial Consultant, Theresa M. Sell and YMCA Community Engagement Leader, Matt
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MARQUETTE – Thrivent Financial, Theresa M. Sell FIC presented a $13,400.00 check to the Earthkeepers Hunger Relief and Environmental Initiative Project. The money will help fund two financial workshops and one strategic planning retreat.
Read More
BOIS BLANC ISLAND – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is offering more than 100 parcels of state-owned land on Bois Blanc Island in Mackinac County for sale by sealed-bid auction. The auction begins today, Oct. 23, and will run
Read More
GLADSTONE – About 5,000 walleye were planted Wednesday on Little Bay de Noc to support the fishery on the bay. This is the fourth year of the Walleye Restoration Project.
Read More
NEGAUNEE – Parts of the Upper Peninsula are seeing the first significant snowfall of the season this morning. Meteorologist Steve Fleegel at the National Weather Service in Negaunee said some areas have as much as three inches of snow.
Read More
LANSING — After months of searching far and wide across Michigan, the state’s 28th Christmas tree, a 68-foot blue spruce, was found in the northwestern reaches of the Upper Peninsula. Selected by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget
Read More
ESCANABA – Don Crawford’s Great Grandfather went to Hancock as a cabinet maker in 1863 at the start of the copper boom. He started working as an undertaker because he could make caskets. The family has continued to run the
Read More
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