MARQUETTE — Mackinac County Sheriff Edward M. Wilk is warning residents of scammers who use the phone asking those receiving calls to pay bond for an inmate. “Sheriff Wilk would like to remind everyone that no law enforcement personnel will call and demand payment over the phone for ...

ESCANABA TOWNSHIP — Two people were injured when a Gladstone Area School bus and passenger vehicle collided Thursday afternoon on U.S. 2 and 41 between Gladstone and Escanaba, forcing the southbound lanes to be temporarily closed. Both of the injured were in the passenger vehicle and their ...

BRIMLEY — A Brimley man has been arrested and charged with child sexually abusive activity – aggravated and using a computer to commit a crime. The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has announced that 28-year-old Jerred McCoy, of ...

BIG BAY — Lundin Mining Corporation has announced that it will be merging its U.S. branch with the U.S.- based Talon Metals Corp, which now owns Eagle Mine and the Humboldt Mill. Thursday night saw Lundin sign a definitive agreement to sell its subsidiary Lundin Mining U.S. Ltd. to Talon ...

ESCANABA — A couple of local teams of fourth- and fifth-graders are among the 48 that have traveled to Mason, Mich. this weekend for the state championship of FIRST robotics’ LEGO League Challenge — the youngest competing level. The Retro Rockets from Rapid River, the Brave Diamond ...