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PFAS Awareness Week coming up

MARQUETTE — Michigan agriculture officials are investing $1.9 million in new research aimed at understanding how PFAS “forever chemicals” move through agricultural systems and how their impact can be reduced. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced the research grants Monday as Michigan observes its first PFAS Awareness Week, proclaimed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for Sept. 21-25, a stte press release notes. “MDARD is investing in research that will strengthen our ability to protect Michiganders, our land, and our livestock from PFAS and other ...

Delta County looks forward to hotel

ESCANABA — Business owners, city officials, lenders, the Delta County Chamber of Commerce and more gathered at a waterfront site in Escanaba yesterday to celebrate development. The Delta County Jail at 111 N. Third St., located behind the Delta County Courthouse, closed in 2019 and moved into the current facility at 2800 College Ave. Plans for a hotel at the old site were proposed more than once since. In 2019, a company called Proxima Management entered into an agreement with the City of Escanaba. Proxima was to work on tearing down the old jail and erect a hotel, as well as develop ...

Program on blue spotted salamander of Presque Isle planned

MARQUETTE — At 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Peter White Public Library Community Room, Dr. Jill Leonard, professor and chair of the Northern Michigan University Department of Biology, will provide a public lecture on the blue spotted salamander of Presque Isle. She will provide an ...

Spruce on IM’s northside to become state Christmas tree

IRON MOUNTAIN — For the second time in seven years, Michigan's official state Christmas tree will come from Iron Mountain. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget announced Tuesday that a 60-foot spruce on Vulcan Street, donated by the Larry Riccio family, has been chosen to grace the Capitol lawn in downtown Lansing for the 2026 holiday season. "It is pretty cool to be able to say that your tree is the state Christmas tree," property owner Larry Riccio said in a news release. "When we first bought our house in 1986, the tree was quite large but now it has outgrown ...

Nature’s beauty on display

Talk with the Doc

The following valuable information about the medical issue of noise induced hearing loss is provided by our United States National Institutes of Health. Every day, we experience sound in our environment, such as the sounds from television and radio, household appliances, and ...