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Bay College/LSSU BPA hosts 12th annual Warm Coats for Warm Hearts campaign

ESCANABA – Announcing the Bay College and LSSU Regional Center Business Professionals of America’s annual Warm Coats for Warm Hearts campaign, which collects coats for those in need in Delta County. This student-driven event runs for two weeks and started Monday and will finish Friday, ...

Subject jailed after fleeing fatal collision

HYDE — A car crash at the intersection of U.S. 2 and I Road barely into the morning hours on Sunday led to one death, one arrested and treated for injuries, and another hospitalized. At approximately 12:40 a.m. on Sunday, deputies from the Delta County Sheriff's Office and other agencies responded to a two-vehicle collision in Hyde. The call reported that a vehicle was on fire and occupants were entrapped. “Upon arrival, deputies discovered a truck was traveling on I Road and failed to stop for the intersection at U.S. 2, striking a passenger car traveling on U.S. 2,” read a ...

Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club to present lapidary program Oct. 18

ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club will hold its monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Cliff Shaft Mine Museum, 501 W. Euclid St., in Ishpeming. The program, presented by the club’s Lapidary Committee, is titled “The Lapidary Possibilities — Creations Made From Gems, Rocks, Minerals and Fossils.” Committee members will display their creations and share information about their skills and capabilities in lapidary work, the art of cutting, shaping and polishing stones and other natural materials. Doors will open at 1 p.m. to give members and visitors ...

Vasa Lodge to hold patriotic song session

MARQUETTE — The Vasa Lodge of Marquette will feature an oral history of American patriotic songs at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette by local musician and teacher Robert Buchkoe. It will include rare artifacts and editions, of the best known songs. Admission is ...

U.P. resident named to state board

MARQUETTE — A St. Ignace resident has been named to a key state board by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Named to the Michigan Arts and Culture Council is Sue St. Onge, who is a member of the board of directors of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and served as a youth services coordinator for the tribe for 23 years. St. Onge is also a theater coach for St. Ignace Area schools, supports indigenous mural initiatives in St. Ignace, and teaches traditional art and culture. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and history from the University of Michigan and a Master of Public ...