ESCANABA – A woman arrested after a stabbing Aug. 11 in Escanaba has been granted a competency exam. Crystalyn Dixie Knuth and her attorney, Jennifer J. France, appeared via Zoom last week in Delta County District Court before Judge Steve Parks, who ordered the evaluation through the Center ...

HANCOCK — Hancock's annual Heikinpäivä celebration will become larger and busier following the city's Downtown Development Authority (DDA) meeting Monday evening. The snow sculpture competition held last year in February on the Quincy Green will now be conjoined with Heikinpäivä in ...

GRAND MARAIS — State Rep. Karl Bohnak, R-Deerton, last week announced plans to provide funding for island schools as bipartisan negotiations regarding the state budget continue. House Bill 4802 would guarantee funding for island school districts. These districts have fewer than 250 ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Fall colors may emerge in the Upper Peninsula about a week from now and peak by the first or second week of October, according to fall foliage forecasts. SmokyMountains.com’s interactive map predicts partial colors in the southern U.P. and northern Wisconsin by Sept. 22, ...

BARAGA COUNTY — A teen aged hiker escaped serious injury and was taken out of the woods of Baraga County by rescue workers Saturday. According a spokesperson from Bay Ambulance, the 19 year old female hiker suffered a knee injury after tripping at Canyon Falls. The incident occurred just past ...

HANCOCK — Officers Quinn Donnelly, Bryce Vander West and Brandon Peterson are on the case and serving in the City of Hancock’s Police Department after graduating from the NMU Police Academy in mid August. The three new recruits are all from the area. Donnelly was hired as a full time ...