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Bond hearing for Boxley scheduled for Sept. 10

MARQUETTE — Following last week’s mistrial in the Julie Boxley trial, in which the jury split 7-5, Chief Public Defender Patrick Crowley is seeking to have Boxley’s bail reduced or removed. Boxley was charged with one count of felony murder and one count of 1st degree arson, and was ...

Milano Smokehouse Meats to close

ISHPEMING — The owners of a west-end business are stepping away from it but unlike most business closures, they are seeking someone to come in, take over and continue on. In a Facebook posting Tuesday, the owners of Milano Smokehouse Meats, Tim and Katelyn Milano, announced the business was ...

Child abuse case involving former teacher’s aide adjourned

ESCANABA - The child abuse case involving a former teacher’s aide at the Delta Schoolcraft Intermediate School District Learning Center has been adjourned — for now. Robin Merle Popour, 54, of Gladstone, appeared in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court Monday, during which time Delta ...

Tribal encampment held at proposed Copperwood Mine site

IRONWOOD — Members of multiple tribal nations this past weekend began a sit-in encampment called the Animikiiwadiswan (Thunderbird Nest) Encampment on Ottawa National Forest land adjacent to the proposed Copperwood Mine project site in Gogebic County, approximately 3 miles south of the ...

State Board of Canvassers votes to accept Cambensy’s qualifying petitions

LANSING — The Michigan State Board of Canvassers Monday voted to accept Independent State Senate candidate Sara Cambensy's qualifying petitions after hearing a recommendation from Michigan Elections Director Jonathan Brater, as well as from lawyer Mark Brewer, Cambensy and Cambensy’s ...