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Niagara High School marks 26th year of mock interviews for seniors

NIAGARA, Wis. — Even experienced professionals can feel anxious when facing a job interview. Because so much is at stake, preparation is essential for students pursuing future careers. To help with this, seniors at Niagara High School recently participated in mock interviews conducted by ...

Jackson handed life in prison without parole for 2023 murder

ESCANABA — Tavaris Jackson was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury earlier this year found him guilty in the July 2023 slaying of his pregnant ex-girlfriend. Delta County 47th Circuit Court Judge John Economopoulos ruled the 35-year-old Jackson ...

MDOT Paint the Plow program accepting applications for 2026-27 winter season

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Transportation is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Paint the Plow program. This program offers a unique opportunity for MDOT to partner with area schools, using students’ creativity to communicate safe winter driving practices for all ...

Seven Ranges survey changed the country

(Editor’s note: In the years after the Revolutionary War, the United States stood as an unfinished nation. Victory had secured independence, formalized by the Treaty of Paris, but it had not secured stability. The young republic was burdened by war debt, constrained under the Articles of ...

No longer at Post

FELCH TOWNSHIP — For more than four decades, Nordic Trading Post made sure the coffee was on at 5 a.m. and the griddle going an hour later. Its oven offered fresh bread and muffins, homemade pasties. Even more, the small restaurant on M-69 provided a place where loggers, truckers, students ...

Cooking Wild Seasonings: A 906 venture

HERMANSVILLE — Cooking Wild Seasonings, an enterprise from 906 Outdoors, creates products meant to accompany the flavors of wild game and freshly-caught fish. Founder Brian Whitens has had a journey with a series of businesses — though they could be viewed as different iterations of the ...