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Visitors to Penitentiary Glen Reservation had the opportunity to get up close with the reptilian world at its Aug. 27 Snakes, Turtles and More event. The event was designed to highlight reptiles’ “extreme adaptions,” said Lake Metroparks Interpretive Naturalist Nick Gaye. As an example, he highlighted wood frogs that can “freeze themselves solid to survive […]
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ESCANABA Like the rest of the world, the coronavirus pandemic dominated the local news in 2020. As 2020 draws to a close, here’s a look at some of the major local news stories of the year.
January
1 Escanaba residents Georgios Sitaras and Jami Hentz welcomed OSF St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group’s first baby of the new year at 7:32 a.m. Nicoletta Elizabeth Sitaras weighed 7 pounds, 1.9 ounces and was 19 inches long. She was the couple’s first baby together.
10 Delta County Sheriff’s Department now has two K-9 units after Deputy Chad Newton and K-9 Officer Sage completed training. Newton and Sage, a female Dutch shepherd, are a certified K-9 unit after weeks of being trained by K-9 Master Trainer Marty Munger of Superior K-9 Training, based in Marquette.