ESCANABA — Escanaba is experiencing one of its largest spikes in COVID-19 cases in the last three years according to an unlikely source — sewage. Changes in the way confirmed cases of COVID-19 are counted and reported have made it difficult to accurately gauge the number of infected ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Kwik Trip has further established itself in the Upper Peninsula, opening stores in Iron Mountain and Kingsford in roughly a month’s time. Scott Zietlow, CEO for the La Crosse, Wis.-based convenience store and fueling station chain, was present Tuesday along with wife Jill ...

HANCOCK — Hancock’s city council will keep the same leadership for 2024. Council members unanimously appointed Kurt Rickard as mayor and Lisa McKenzie as mayor pro tem for one-year terms at Wednesday’s meeting. There were no other nominations for the positions. Rickard was named as ...

ESCANABA — When Tom LaFave was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer in 2015, the Escanaba resident didn’t let the dire news get him down. “He was very positive the whole time,” says his wife, JoEllen. “The diagnosis was a shock, and we knew it was serious, but Tom’s mindset was ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Work is being completed on two gymnasiums at Iron Mountain Schools with the help of donations from three organizations. The district received $100,000 from Iron Mountain-Kingsford Community Schools, $40,000 from the Tom Johnson Memorial Fund and $80,000 from the Iron ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — An Iron Mountain fifth-grade teacher is addressing the importance of acceptance in her children’s book, “I’m Just Too Much.” Audra DeRidder brings readers on a young girl’s journey of self-discovery. At the beginning of the book, Sylvie J. is going through life ...