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Ding-a-lings wanted

HANCOCK — The Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Campaign begins Friday. According to Director Pete Machin, funds raised by the campaign stay local and support the activities of The Salvation Army (TSA) Bread of Life Center in Downtown Hancock. Mackin said the campaign is vital to TSA ...

Making progress

HANCOCK — The Hancock City Council is expected to approve the appointment of former city manager and current Houghton County Board of Commissioners member Glenn Anderson as a special project manager for the Navy Street Extension, a project aimed to connecting roads along the waterfront. At ...

Delta County traffic fatality

GLADSTONE — A Munising man died as the result of a two vehicle accident Monday afternoon in eastern Delta County. According to a press release from the Michigan State Police (MSP), the mishap occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Monday in Delta County's Masonville Township, near Rapid River. ...

Planning Commission OKs McGann request

HANCOCK — McGann Building Supply’s zoning permit application was approved by the Hancock Planning Commission during its meeting on Monday. The application was made for revised plans which apply to a five foot setback according to Steve Walton of the Planning Commission. The five foot gap ...

In honor

ESCANABA — Several Upper Peninsula lawmakers are seeking to rename a stretch of U.S. 41 in Menominee County to honor a soldier killed in Iraq in 2007: Spc. David Anthony Wilkey Jr., who was raised in Wilson and still has family in the area. Michigan House Bill No. 4351, introduced in April ...

Altering the ecosytem

ISLE ROYALE – New research, published in Nature Scientific Reports, reveals how gray wolves on Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem. Isle Royale is ...