Flu season hitting hard and early in the Upper Peninsula
Flu season is underway, as people may have noticed through coughing coworkers, sniffling children, sick family members, ...
Library makes Winter Reading Challenge to residents
The Escanaba Library is in the middle of a reading challenge, and it’s not too late to get involved. The library is currently ...
Girl Scouts visit Trotter’s Floral
Courtesy photo Girl Scout Troop 5061, including fourth-graders from Escanaba and Gladstone, visited Trotter’s Floral in ...
Salo scores 1,000th career point, Wolves tamed by Broncos
CARNEY — It was a milestone night Tuesday as Carney-Nadeau senior Sam Salo joined the 1,000-point club in a Skyline Central ...
Esky hockey outlasts Jaguars on senior night
Senior night has a tendency to bring emotion and uncharacteristic play for a team. Escanaba hockey fell victim to that in ...
Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Today’s piece is by Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut. (THE CONVERSATION) — ...
Opinion
It’s only a ‘crisis’ when Republicans try to restrain government
The entire media-Democrat complex spent years building panic over President Donald Trump being a dire threat to democracy, only to be embarrassed by the electorate who decisively chose the Terrible ...
Despite Trump orders, no change how transgender students are served
Despite a number of executive orders from President Donald Trump that aim to limit the acceptance of gender expression from transgender and gender-nonconforming Americans, there are no major plans to ...
Family ties and financial strains
My husband and I have been retired for three years and recently moved away from our kids. Between us, we have six children, but only one that takes advantage. My husband’s daughter is in her mid-30s ...
Escanaba DDA developing Beautification Committee
The Escanaba Downtown Development Authority is developing a beautification committee to address the look of the downtown. DDA Chair Sue Parker says the goal is to determine how the floral program will ...
Opinion
The price of everything, the value of nothing
Only three weeks old, the new Trump presidential power in town knows the price of everything (except eggs) and the value of nothing, as Oscar Wilde observed of fools and cynics. Let’s add “shameless.” ...
YMCA has Life Skills program
The Northern Lights YMCA is excited to announce the launch of its new Life Skills program, aimed at equipping local youth with essential real-world knowledge through hands-on experiences. The program ...