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Fighting City Hall

ESCANABA — Last week, plaintiff Michael O'Connor appeared in Delta County Circuit Court in regard to five lawsuits currently pending against the City of Gladstone. After some short discussion, Judge Brian D. Rahilly said that he would review the materials before issuing a written decision at ...

Cops and Coffee

HOUGHTON – Houghton County Sheriff Josh Saaranen will hold weekly meetings throughout the month of September. The informal meetings are scheduled for every Thursday in September at 2 p.m., and an additional meeting scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 22. All meetings will take place at ...

Retiring old tires

HOUGHTON — Superior Watershed Partnership is giving residents in Houghton County's Adams, Portage and Chassell Townships the opporunity to recycle old automobile tires. On Saturday, residents of those three townships can bring up to 10 tires per household to 20251 B. F. Gundlach Rd next to ...

YOOP it up!

HANCOCK — The 6th annual YOOP! Fest is Sept. 18-19 at the Orpheum Theater in Hancock. The U.P. hardcore and alternative music scenes will mest with musicians from the upper Midwest in a two-day celebration. The festival is sponsored by The Fire Station in Houghton and Kitschy Spirit Records ...

Woman sentenced for 1st degree CSC

DAGGETT -- A Daggett woman has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in July to first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a person under the age of 13. Rocquel Anne Irving, 39, was sentenced in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court on Friday to a minimum prison term of 20 years to a maximum prison term of 60 years, with credit for 219 days' incarcerated, according to court documents. In exchange for her plea, the prosecution agreed to dismiss five felony counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a person under the age of 13; one ...

Trouble in Paradise

PARADISE — A man was arrested after breaking into a room at the Paradise Lakefront Lodge, stealing more than $3,000 in cash and then later resisting arrest. At approximately 11 a.m. Thursday, a trooper from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post responded to a reported theft ...