KINGSFORD — Breitung Township Schools Board of Education will meet at 7:30 a.m. Friday in the Media Center at Kingsford High School. The purpose of the special meeting is to consider hiring decisions and other regular business.
ESCANABA — Bay College in Escanaba and Gogebic Community College are partnering to give students in the western Upper Peninsula the opportunity to participate in an innovative, co-curricular program called the Civics Corps, which has been in operation at Bay College since 2020. Starting this fall semester, GCC students will have the opportunity to participate virtually alongside Bay College students as they design and host "Veterans Speak," an intergenerational program that brings together veterans of different ages to share about their experiences each November. In spring semesters, ...
QUINNESEC — A former Quinnesec church that sat vacant for years is getting a new purpose — not as a traditional event center or conventional nonprofit — but as a place where any person or group can find a helping hand. That’s the vision behind Lavender Skies, a new nonprofit formed ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — The Michigan Court of Appeals has turned away a man’s challenge to Iron County charges that in March 2025 accused him of sexually abusing twin infants. Tyler Cotton, 33, then of Gaastra, had argued he should not have been bound over for trial on two counts of criminal sexual conduct-first degree because no evidence was presented his acts “had a sexual purpose.” He further contended he had been medically treating the infants. CSC-1 is a felony that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and a minimum penalty of 25 years if convicted. According to the ...
Labor Day weekend travelers in Michigan will pay about $11 more for a 13-gallon fill up than a year ago, as gasoline prices are up an average of 87 cents from this time last year, according to AAA-The Auto Club Group Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $4.17 per gallon for regular ...
HOUGHTON - Former attorney and Hancock resident Evan Andrew Dixon, 62 was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 18 years and a maximum of 40 years in prison in connection with a 2023 homicide. Dixon was convicted in Houghton County 12th Circuit Court on one count of second degree murder in the ...
