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Marie Delphine (Gratowski) Apczynski passed away peacefully at home on March 3, 2020 at the age of 88 surrounded by her loving and adoring family. She was born on July 20, 1931 to Edward and Helen (Wenderski) Gratowski in Detroit, Michigan. Delphine married Thomas G. Apczynski on February 21, 1953. […]
Paula McCrory, 70 of ST.Ignace passed away early March 12 at her home on North Marley Street following a lingering illness. She was born September 21,1949 in ST.Ignace to Thomas and Electa (Becker) Paquin. She was a graduate of LaSalle High School in 1967. and married Vernon McCrory on June […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags throughout the state of Michigan to be lowered to half-staff on Saturday, March 14 to honor the service of Michigan National Guard Sergeant Jeffrey A. Anderson and coincide with his funeral. “Our state mourns the loss of Sgt. Jeffrey A. Anderson […]
By Laurie Davis Growing up in the 1960s, when my dad got off work on Saturday mornings, he would often take us camping. My mom would get the food ready, and the sleeping bags, pillows, and clothes packed, for a weekend at Detour State Park. As soon as my dad […]
EASTERN UP – Many organizations and businesses globally are restructuring the way they handle day-to-day operations with safety at the forefront of decisions being made. United Way of the Eastern Upper Peninsula has been monitoring information shared through the State of Michigan and the Center for Disease Control and has […]
DAFTER, Mich. (March 13, 2020) – Beginning Monday, March 16 Cloverland Electric Cooperative will close its Dafter walk-up window to the public until Monday, April 6. Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Cloverland has elected to take precautionary measures to safeguard its employees and continue its operations. “As a […]
All K-12 school buildings will close March 16 through April 5 as the state seeks to address coronavirus, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced in a press release late Thursday. Schools will re-open April 6, though Whitmer said that may be adjusted or extended. “This is a necessary step to protect our […]
The Michigan Department of Corrections announced today it is stopping in-person visits at all prisons effective immediately to protect inmates and employees from contracting, or spreading, the new coronavirus. There have been no confirmed cases of the virus inside Michigan’s prisons, said MDOC Director Heidi Washington in a statement today. […]
OUTAGE ALERT (Friday, March 13, 12:54 p.m.): We currently have about 500 services affected by outages due to high winds and trees on the line. Crews are on site on Sugar Island and Whitefish township. Thank you for your patience as our crews work to restore power safely. *** Outage […]
March 13, 2020 — Effective 6 a.m. Monday, March 16, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will lift seasonal weight restrictions on some state roads in the Lower Peninsula. Seasonal weight restrictions will continue to be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways north of a line on […]