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Escanaba woman sentenced for stabbing incident

ESCANABA — An Escanaba woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to assault in connection with an August 2025 stabbing. In February, Crystalyn Dixie Knuth pleaded guilty to one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder or by strangulation – punishable by a ...

Quilt guild to meet

POWERS — The Wild Rivers Quilt Guild invites all area quilters and interested people to attend its upcoming meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, at the Florence Natural Resource Center, 5638 Forestry Drive, Florence, Wisconsin. This month’s Tips & Techniques program will feature Eileen ...

Keweenaw students earn top honors, advance to national invention competition

HOUGHTON — Students from the Keweenaw Peninsula were recognized for their creativity and problem-solving skills at the state-level Invention Convention Michigan, held at The Henry Ford. Among the participants, Adelyn Wilson and Allie Johnston earned two top awards for their invention, Magic ...

M-26 culvert repair starts Thursday in Houghton County

HANCOCK ­- Under a permit from the Michigan Department of Transportation, crews working for the Houghton County Road Commission starting Thursday will build a box culvert at the M-26/Ripley Street intersection in Ripley. The work, part of a project to repair damaged infrastructure from the ...