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Sewer data show rise in COVID-19

ESCANABA — The amount of DNA from the virus responsible for COVID-19 that is detectable in Escanaba’s sewer water has risen, ending a downward trend that has lasted since early January. According to the Sentinel Wastewater Epidemiology Evaluation Project (SWEEP), a state-run program that monitors select sewersheds for viral DNA, the two most recent samples from the Escanaba Wastewater Treatment Plant have had contained more viral DNA than more than 30% of all samples submitted to the program from the site. Specifically, the samples dated Feb. 12 and Feb. 14 contained 30.31% and ...

Therapy dog brings comfort to community

ESCANABA — The Delta County Victim Services Unit (VSU) — made up of volunteers dedicated to helping people recover from crises and crimes against them by providing comfort, referrals, and related aid — has a new team member. Three-and-a-half-year-old therapy dog Opal, a poodle trained by ...

Hancock OKs summer ice for HoCo Arena

HANCOCK — There will be ice time at the HoCo Arena through most of the summer. The Hancock City Council approved operating the arena through Aug. 15 at Wednesday’s meeting. Extending the ice time should be a one-time occurrence, City Manager Mary Babcock said. The MacInnes Student Ice Arena in Houghton will be closed this summer for renovations. “If Tech has ice, all the people that will be skating there this summer will be back at Tech,” she said. “This isn’t something we’d consider doing on an annual basis.” The HoCo ice plant is sized to operate in summer ...

Teen killed when snowmobile goes through ice on Lake Michigan Wednesday

THOMPSON TOWNSHIP — Police are still investigating an incident that left a 15-year-old dead after his snowmobile went through the ice on Indian Lake Wednesday evening. At approximately 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, Negaunee Regional Dispatch received a 911 call from a person who had witness a snowmobile go through the ice about one mile off the south shore of Indian Lake. Area law enforcement, EMS and fire departments were immediately dispatched to the scene. The snowmobile was carrying two teenage boys when it went through the ice. Two family members in the area were able to get to the ...

I.M. council hears opposition to AxMiTax

IRON MOUNTAIN — A ballot initiative to eliminate property taxes in Michigan would be an “unmitigated disaster” if approved, an opponent of the proposal told Iron Mountain City Council on Monday. City resident and Dickinson County Commissioner Barbara Kramer offered a summary of the ...

Restoration of Gladstone church complete

GLADSTONE — Restorations at All Saints Catholic Church in Gladstone, which was built just over a century ago, were completed in January after six months of work, not including the plans leading up to that point. Beginning in July, the church was closed — with weekend mass moved into the parish hall — to physically complete construction, but designs and fundraising began years ago, and updates were made here and there even before the major project — the “capital campaign” — took off. Father James (“Jamie”) Ziminski, pastor at All Saints, came to Gladstone ...