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Once-emaciated boxer up for adoption in Delta County

Content warning: This article includes photos and discussion of an emaciated animal. ESCANABA — After six months of recovery, a boxer dog who was found severely emaciated in April and rescued by the Delta Animal Shelter in Escanaba is officially up for adoption. On April 12, a ...

Portion of Agate Falls trail closed this winter

AGATE FALLS — With repair work on trestle footings continuing beyond a previously anticipated completion date, a section of snowmobile Trail UP8 will be closed this winter, with a reroute available, according the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The Agate Trestle, a key attraction ...

Braumart to have double feature for Scare-a-Thon

IRON MOUNTAIN — Horror fans can celebrate Halloween on Saturday with a double feature of classic thrillers when the Braumart Theatre in Iron Mountain hosts its third-annual Scare-a-Thon. The event, presented by Kenneth James Salon, will feature “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) and ...

Menominee school bus driver charged with criminal sexual conduct

MENOMINEE — A 29-year-old Menominee woman who worked as a school bus driver faces up to life in prison after being charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving multiple variables in connection with an investigation into alleged sexual assaults involving children. Bailee Rae Miller was arraigned Friday in 95-A District Court in Menominee. The charges stem from a Menominee Police Department investigation into alleged sexual assaults reported in the city this month. “Because this is an ongoing investigation, I urge anyone with additional information to contact the ...

Michigan Proposal 1 and 2: What to know about statewide ballot measures

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Michiganders will decide in the Nov. 3 general election whether to rewrite the Michigan Constitution and limit political spending ...

Democrats eye solidly GOP 1st Congressional District but odds are long

While much of the national attention headed into Election Day is centered around battleground districts in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, Democrats are making a push to flip the state’s largest congressional district, which has been solidly controlled by Republicans for more than a ...