HANCOCK — Easter is this Sunday and Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly is ramping up its annual Easter holiday tradition. The charity provides meals to older adults, aged 60 and older, on multiple occasions including major holidays such as Easter. LBFE Executive Director Carol Korpela, ...

MARQUETTE — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey today announced Thursday that Erich Zeeb, 51, of Roanoke, Virginia, was sentenced to 28 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a child. VerHey said, “What Zeeb did was depraved and disgusting and he richly ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — Brandon Nertoli, 31, of Sault Ste. Marie, has been arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance causing death in connection to a Feb. 20 incident in Dafter Township. On that occasion, troopers from the Michigan State Police post in Sault Ste. Marie responded ...

MARINETTE, WI — A 2021 overdose death in Niagara, Wis., has resulted in an 18-year prison sentence for one of five codefendants in the case, according to Marinette County District Attorney DeShea D. Morrow. The other four codefendants in the case were previously sentenced for their ...

ESCANABA — The chief executive of a major distributor of Bark River Knives — the former Escanaba company that shuttered without notice two weeks ago — says it is facing significant losses while trying to protect customers due to Bark River’s use of Chinese steel in some of its knives, ...

HANCOCK — Hancock City Council, City of Hancock Planning Commission and the Downtown Development Authority met under one roof for a joint meeting Wednesday at HoCo Arena. The meeting saw city officials from those sectors of local government listen to discussions and presentations from City ...