ESCANABA – For 35 years, the Bay College “Swing for Scholarships” Golf Outing has brought together community members, businesses, alumni, and friends in support of student scholarships. Two familiar faces have been part of the tradition from the very beginning. Bill Marmalick and Dave ...
60 years ago MUNISING — State police are investigating the theft of a commercial type telescope valued at $625 from the Alger County tourist park, located near Miner’s Castle. Police say that Arthur Dausey, Christmas, owner of the Christmas Amusement Co., reported the telescope was missing at 10 Thursday morning. The device was used by visitors for viewing Miner’s Castle and Lake Superior. Vandals broke the telescope loose from its stand, but did not take a coin box containing money or a timing device attached to the stand. 90 years ago ISHPEMING — A shelter house for the ...
ESCANABA – Bay College Workforce Training will offer an instructor-led Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Training course from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, Nov. 5, in Room 420 at Bay College's Escanaba campus. Updated to the 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines, this four-hour course ...
MARQUETTE — Firefighters from three departments responded to a brush fire at Park Street Cemetery in the city of Marquette early Sunday morning, containing the blaze to an approximately 30-by-30-foot area, according to Marquette City Fire Department battalion chief Benjamin Wilder. Marquette city fire was dispatched at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday to the area of the “Fit Strip” inside the cemetery after a report of smoke. Upon investigation, firefighters discovered a brush fire burning within the tree line and underbrush. City firefighters began efforts to contain the fire and ...
MARQUETTE — Average gasoline prices in Michigan have risen 22.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.66/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 4,913 stations in Michigan. Prices in Michigan are 35.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.77/g higher than a year ...
