ESCANABA — The amount of DNA from the virus responsible for COVID-19 that is detectable in Escanaba’s sewer water has risen, ending a downward trend that has lasted since early January. According to the Sentinel Wastewater Epidemiology Evaluation Project (SWEEP), a state-run program that ...

ESCANABA — The Delta County Victim Services Unit (VSU) — made up of volunteers dedicated to helping people recover from crises and crimes against them by providing comfort, referrals, and related aid — has a new team member. Three-and-a-half-year-old therapy dog Opal, a poodle trained by ...

HANCOCK — There will be ice time at the HoCo Arena through most of the summer. The Hancock City Council approved operating the arena through Aug. 15 at Wednesday’s meeting. Extending the ice time should be a one-time occurrence, City Manager Mary Babcock said. The MacInnes Student Ice ...

THOMPSON TOWNSHIP — Police are still investigating an incident that left a 15-year-old dead after his snowmobile went through the ice on Indian Lake Wednesday evening. At approximately 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, Negaunee Regional Dispatch received a 911 call from a person who had witness a ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — A ballot initiative to eliminate property taxes in Michigan would be an “unmitigated disaster” if approved, an opponent of the proposal told Iron Mountain City Council on Monday. City resident and Dickinson County Commissioner Barbara Kramer offered a summary of the ...

GLADSTONE — Restorations at All Saints Catholic Church in Gladstone, which was built just over a century ago, were completed in January after six months of work, not including the plans leading up to that point. Beginning in July, the church was closed — with weekend mass moved into the ...