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Stewart receives Bay’s Torch Award for quarter

ESCANABA — Matt Stewart has been selected as Bay College’s Torch Award recipient for the September to November 2026 quarter. Stewart was hired in 2021 as the TRIO Student Support Services STEM academic advisor. He moved into his role as director of TRIO SSS in 2022. Supervisors and ...

Encouraging the inner artist

IRON MOUNTAIN — A blank canvas can be an invitation, a challenge — or simply a place to start. For members of Les Artistes, it is all three. The local art club invites the public to view the talent and creativity of its members at its second-annual open house, set for noon to 3 p.m. ...

Man arrested after incident with MSP vehicle on Sugar Island ferry

SAULT STE. MARIE — A man has been charged after reportedly damaging a Michigan State Police patrol vehicle with a hammer Monday while aboard the Sugar Island ferry in Chippewa County. According to an MSP news release, at about 1:30 p.m. Monday, a trooper from the MSP Sault Ste. Marie Post was responding to another 911 call on Sugar Island when he received a driving complaint on the same 30-acre island in the St. Mary’s River. He was initially unable to investigate the new incident due to his original call. The trooper then boarded the Sugar Island ferry to travel to the mainland. ...

Remember when?

This week’s “Remember when?” focuses on Pentoga Park, along County Road 424 in Iron County. The park has been owned by the county since the 1920s and is home to a tribal burial site. According to an inscription at the park, it was the site of the main headquarters where bands of the ...

Crafty Flea Market to offer 70 vendors at Lake Antoine

When Jennifer Flynn of The Daily News met new Dickinson County resident Doni-Mae B. Rauch in 1989, little did they know they would team up for charity work more than three decades later. The two now are the main organizers behind the ninth-annual Crafty Flea Market, set for 9 a.m. to 3 ...