ESCANABA — Local law enforcement has a new officer, but he is a little different from his new co-workers in that he speaks Dutch and walks on four legs. Enzo, a 10-month-old Dutch Shepherd, is the new Escanaba Public Safety K-9, handled by Officer Aaron Young. Enzo, roughly 50 pounds, is ...
By BEN GARBACZ Houghton Daily Mining Gazette LANSING — On Oct. 30 the Michigan Senate passed bills SB0165-SB0167 which brings corrections officers and other types of law enforcement such as conservation officers into a pension system. The bills were all passed with 25 yeas, 12 nays and 1 excused for each. These bills have passed during a search for solutions for the Michigan Department of Corrections staffing crisis in which some facilities throughout the state are facing nearly 40% employment vacancies. Due to the vacancies, officers are constantly mandated for 16-hour shifts ...
ONTONAGON — A task force working to create a new hospital in Ontonagon updated nearly 100 residents on their progress at a meeting Wednesday night. The Ontonagon Township board voted in August to accept the deed of the former Maple Manor nursing home property from local construction ...
In the United States, November has been a month for family traditions and family celebrations. For more than a century, the nation has observed Armistice Day on Nov. 11. In the U.S. it is now Veterans Day. November has also become a month when Americans express their appreciation for families of military personnel. Military Family Appreciation Month was established in 1993 by the Armed Services YMCA, with the U.S. Government recognizing the occasion every year since. Each year the President signs a proclamation declaring November Military Family Month, the Dept. of Defense says. This ...
By GARRETT NEESE Houghton Daily Mining Gazette HANCOCK — The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. But the most fun distance between two points involves detours into hay bales — or at times, a competitor’s car — as people on the sidelines cheer. It got ...
WELLS TOWNSHIP — For the fifth day in a row, records have been broken for the number of Delta County residents opting to participate in early voting on a single day at the Wells Township Hall. A total of 484 ballots were cast Wednesday bringing the total of early voters to 2,160. When early voting was combined with absentee votes that have been received, Delta County voter turn out was at 30.7% Thursday morning. Prior to Wednesday, the early voting precinct in Wells Township saw 382 voters on Sunday, 444, voters on Monday, and 477 on Tuesday, All Delta County residents who choose ...
