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Krusin’ Klassics renews scholarship support for Bay College students

ESCANABA — The Bay College Foundation has announced the renewal of the Krusin’ Klassics Scholarship for the 2026-2027 academic year. Krusin’ Klassics has donated $1,500 to continue supporting students pursuing careers in Bay College’s automotive program. Founded in 1985 by local ...

Tadych’s Marketplace Foods in IM to close in August

IRON MOUNTAIN — Tadych’s Marketplace Foods, a grocery store that has been a fixture in Iron Mountain since 1987, will shut its doors by the end of August. Minnesota-based Coborn’s Inc., which purchased the store at 1600 Stephenson Ave. in 2021, posted on the Marketplace Foods, Iron ...

Air quality alert remains in effect

An air quality alert remains in effect today in the Upper Peninsula and northeastern Wisconsin as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to drift across the region. Conditions, however, were expected to improve from Friday, when the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy ...

How wildfire smoke can attack the body

Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show. It attacks the body immediately, spiking asthma cases with increased ...

Wildlife, as well, will need relief from smoke

The thick wildfire smoke that has dominated the region this week created hazardous air quality unlike anything most had ever experienced before, even in past severe wildfire years. It led the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to advise that everyone — regardless ...