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Delta County businesses can get disaster loans

ESCANABA — Businesses impacted by the warm winter and lack of snow in Delta County are eligible to apply for disaster loans through the Small Business Administration. Federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available due to ongoing federal drought declarations affecting 42 Michigan counties, including 11 in the Upper Peninsula, according to a press release from the governor’s office. Delta County is one of those counties. The others are Alger, Chippewa, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee and Ontonagon. “Michiganders are used to tough winters, but ...

Hancock planners move master plan on to council

HANCOCK — The Hancock Planning Commission recommended the draft of the city’s five-year master plan for approval with updates at its meeting Wednesday. Following a work session on Monday, the planning commission added another set of objectives under environmental hazards mitigation aimed ...

Longtime Family Ties director plans to retire

IRON MOUNTAIN — They’ll miss the people who come to Family Ties Adult Center each week, some for a few hours, a day, a few days, the entire week. They know many of these participants, as they prefer to call them, won’t miss them, at least not for long. Most who spend time at Family Ties are dealing with some form of dementia or other health condition that affects memory. So while the Family Ties setting and activities can help them feel secure in a fun environment, they’re challenged to recall individuals. That reality never made working with these people less rewarding, ...

Squirrel derby raises funds for youth shooting sports

NAHMA — A competitive squirrel hunt has grown into a fundraising force. The 9th Annual Yooper Squirrel Derby raised $3,300 earlier this month for youth shooting sports. “It went awesome. The weather was it was really windy, which doesn’t make for great squirrel hunting — they just become less less active in the wind,” said Colter Lubben, organizer of the event. The hunt, held March 16, drew the largest group of hunters ever seen for the event. A total of 64 hunters participated, up from the prior record of 36, set in 2023. Each hunter paid $10 to participate in the 100% ...

Tax hikes fears put to rest in Gladstone

LADSTONE — The crowd that showed up to Monday evening’s Gladstone City Commission regular meeting — a twice-monthly occurrence usually held in chambers empty of citizens, though they are always welcome to attend — feared their taxes were going to skyrocket and that they were not being ...

Escanaba officers save resident with CPR

ESCANABA — Three Escanaba Public Safety Officers were recognized this month for saving the life of an Escanaba man. On July 20, 2023, at approximately 8:42 p.m., officers were dispatched to a home in the 200 block of Ogden Avenue on a report of an unresponsive male subject, later identified as Mike Bittner, whose wife was attempting life-saving measures. Officers who arrived on scene began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and comforting Bittner’s wife, as well as gathering all the pertinent information about her husband. Public Safety Officers Mitch Peterson, Dalton ...