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Bay College and Escanaba City Band to unite for free holiday concert on Giving Tuesday
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ESCANABA – Celebrate the spirit of the season this Giving Tuesday, Dec. 2, as Bay College and the Escanaba City Band unite for a free holiday concert and an evening of giving back to the community. The concert will take place at 7 p.m. in the Besse Theater on Bay College’s Escanaba campus, ...
Today in History: November 18, more than 900 die at Jonestown
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Today in History: November 18, more than 900 die at Jonestown By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2025. There are 43 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 18, 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan of California and four others were killed on an airstrip in ...
Republican Helping Hands doing good work
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In honor: Bill would name portion of U.S. 41 after fallen soldier
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ESCANABA — Several Upper Peninsula lawmakers are seeking to rename a stretch of U.S. 41 in Menominee County to honor a soldier killed in Iraq in 2007: Spc. David Anthony Wilkey Jr., who was raised in Wilson and still has family in the area. Michigan House Bill No. 4351, introduced in April ...
NMU educator receives top honor
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MARQUETTE — Randi Clemens, executive administrative assistant/adjunct assistant professor in Northern Michigan University’s English Department and an NMU alumna, is one of 16 individuals statewide selected to join the Michigan Arts and Culture Council’s 2025–2026 Rising Leaders cohort. ...