(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Ten trade unions and 24 community colleges have signed up to participate in Michigan’s new College Credit for Apprenticeships Program, officials ...
TORONTO (AP) — A new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to block may take longer to open than anticipated, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday. “Look, everyone’s working hard to make sure the bridge is open as ...
FLORENCE, Wis. — The public invited to attend the next free monthly outdoor education program Tuesday evening in Florence. Debbie Demuri will give a presentation on Florence County history. “Footprints of Florence County” will touch on the county’s beginning and the Fisher family, founders of the county, early mining and logging industries, the courthouse as the governmental building, development of the local educational system, changes in Florence’s Central Avenue, and recreational opportunities. The presentation is a slide show covering 1873 to the present. She will also ...
ESCANABA — The Kids Fishing Day Team will be celebrating the 33rd anniversary of its annual Kids Fishing Day this year. The day full of fun, fishing and families will be Saturday at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Pocket Park, located on the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. Registration will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time and the event will run until 3 p.m. All activities are free of charge and open to youth ages 16 years old and younger. “We are excited to again hold our fishing event at the Pocket Park,” said Brenda Madden, longtime Kids ...
SAGOLA — This week’s “Remember when?” looks back at two of the former hotels that once stood in Sagola. Long before modern motels and short-term rentals, hotels and boarding houses were the lifeblood of small logging communities. In Sagola, two early establishments — the Sagola ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County is accepting an offer from a retired building trades instructor to provide lumber and labor for a pavilion at the fairgrounds in Norway, replacing a 1939 building that some residents had hoped to save. Tom Wender of Breitung Township told the county board ...
