ESCANABA — Toys for Tots, a nonprofit public charity directed by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, has been collecting new, unwrapped toys for children in less fortunate homes since 1947. This year’s collections are underway, with the local chapter servicing Delta and Menominee ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — A contractor from Michigan’s Thumb area is the apparent low bidder on a grant-funded project to verify water service lines in Iron Mountain that contain lead. MEC Underground Solutions of Fairgrove submitted a proposal of $468,515, the lowest among seven bids opened at ...

HOUGHTON — The University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions is a multidisciplinary initiative to develop new ways to reduce and prevent poverty. A fact sheet from Poverty Solutions states that the Upper Peninsula has the second-highest percentage of ALICE households (30.2%) in Michigan for ...

ESCANABA — The live holiday-themed cooking show that will be held at the Island Resort and Casino on Dec. 10 will feature cookie decorating demonstrations by Nycole Mercier, a self-taught chef who currently works at Elmer’s County Market in Escanaba. Mercier — nee Alexandroni — said ...

HOUGHTON — Food insecurity impacts lower income households, because when money is limited, households are forced to make difficult decisions on how income is spent. This also includes many elderly who are forced to choose between food and prescription medicines. For those qualifying ...

QUINNESEC — Breitung Township’s Department of Public Works building has been renamed to honor the foreman who retired in 2021 after more than 40 years on the job. The Breitung Township Board on Monday last week officially changed the name to the Guy D. Forstrom Building. “I always am ...