HOUGHTON — According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data tracker, positive test results for COVID increased just over 12% between December 17 and December 23, 2023. Closer to home, Cathryn Beer, health officer and chief executive at the Western Upper Peninsula ...
ESCANABA — The Delta County Board of Commissioners voted this week to sell its stake in a dump trailer co-owned by the Delta Conservation District and Former Conservation District CEO Rory Mattson to either the district or Mattson — despite it being questionable whether the county owns the trailer at all. “What type of motion would you make? We sell something that ain’t ours?” Commissioner Steve Viau asked prior to the board’s vote. While accounts of the trailer’s history vary slightly, there are a few undisputed facts. The trailer was purchased roughly a decade ago for ...
In northern Wisconsin, where outdoor enthusiasts live for snow and ice, warmer than usual weather has skiers and snowmobilers turning to wheels, and race organizers breaking out snowmaking machines. In December, weather stations in Brule, Ashland and Hayward recorded temperatures more than 12 degrees Fahrenheit above the 30-year average, according to the National Weather Service. Kevin Huyck, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Duluth, said those areas saw about 11 to 16 inches less snow than average for the month. “(It’s) definitely been drier than what we’ve ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Seeing this doe alongside Six Mile Lake Road in mid-November was a shock. In profile and movement, she looked normal in body, legs, shoulders, neckline … but oh the head, swollen and misshapen on the left side with a lumpy growth that wrapped from jawbone to between the ...
ESCANABA — An ongoing investigation into past activities at the Delta County Airport continued to be a point of contention at the Delta County Board of Commissioners meeting this week, with one commissioner raising concerns about who — if anyone — was overseeing the investigation. “My question is: are there individual commissioners guiding this process?” asked Commissioner Steve Viau. A discussion of the investigation, which was approved in a split vote at the last board meeting in December, was not on the agenda Tuesday, nor was a “commissioners’ workshop,” the ...
GRANT TOWNSHIP — At about 8:10 a.m. Wednesday, a black 2015 Nissan Pathfinder was stolen from Superior Street in Lac La Belle, according to a release from the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle has a white Sayen’s plate on the front bumper, with the Michigan registration listed as DQW0736. Undersheriff Tonya Stefonich said that according to available video footage, the driver appears to be a 34-year-old, white male, 5 feet, nine inches tall, 165 pounds with shoulder length hair. Stefonich said the driver’s hair color was not apparent in the video. Anyone with ...
