It took several hours this morning to find a water main break near the Bowl-A-Rama and Delta Plaza Mall in Escanaba. Escanaba Water Wastewater Superintendent Jeff Lampi says it caused flooding in a wide area of Escanaba including North Lincoln Road.
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Eight schools in Delta Schoolcraft ISD close two days for frigid cold
Schools in the Delta Schoolcraft Intermediate School District took the unusual step of deciding to close schools Wednesday and Thursday on Tuesday due to a forecast of unusually frigid temperatures.
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Holy Name Catholic announces new high school campaign
ESCANABA — Holy Name Catholic School announced a $10.7 million capital campaign to re-establish a high school education program. The high school closed in 1971. Amber Hartman with the Holy Name High School Planning Committee said a feasibility study by a Marquette firm showed a high school program would be viable at Holy Name.
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Communities urged to decide on commercial marijuana sales
ESCANABA — Many communities in the U.P. are deciding how they are going to respond to the legalization of marijuana following voter approval of Proposal One in November.
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Ice breaking operations planned Sunday for Little Bay de Noc
SAULT STE. MARIE — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter KATMAI BAY will conduct ice breaking operations in northern Green Bay near Escanaba on Sunday January 20.
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DNR resolves two U.P. wolf poaching incidents
MARQUETTE — Michigan conservation officers obtained confessions Tuesday from two Upper Peninsula men suspected in separate, unrelated wolf poaching incidents in Ontonagon and Menominee counties.
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Country music’s Carly Pearce to headline U.P. State Fair
ESCANABA — CARLY PEARCE, the new voice of country, takes the stage at the U.P. State Fair on Monday, August 12. Carly Pearce is a 27 year old who grew up in a small town in Kentucky. At the young age of 11, Pearce fronted a Bluegrass band to perfect harmonies.
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Micheau elected to Michigan Fair Association board of directors
ESCANABA — Vickie Micheau, executive director of the Delta County Chamber of Commerce and Management Agent for the Upper Peninsula State Fair, was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Association of Fairs and Exhibitions during the organization’s 134th Annual Convention in Grand Rapids.
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NMU plans next steps for Jacobetti renovation
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has initiated the search for an architectural firm to guide the planned transformational renovation of the Jacobetti Complex into a Career Tech and Engineering Technology Facility.
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Delta County Commissioners hold meeting in new jail
The Delta County Board of Commissioners met within the walls of the new jail Tuesday. Normally, they meet on the other side of the county service building. The recreation room in the correctional facility was set up for the meeting.
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