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UP Sports Hall of Fame inducts 10 new members as class of 2024
HARRIS, Mich. (WLUC) - 10 new members were inducted into the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame Saturday night at the Island Resort and Casino. The honorees made significant contributions to several different sports in the Upper Peninsula. Here’s the full list with biographies provided by the UPSHOF:. Shel Chapman.
Menominee's Komp, Butler collect U.P. Regional championships
GLADSTONE — Menominee’s Nathan Komp and Darrent Butler captured a pair of Regional titles at the MHSAA U.P. Division 1 Region 1 championships in Gladstone on Wednesday. Komp won a thrilling 400-meter dash by clipping Marquette’s Jacob MacPhee by three-tens of a second to finish with a first-place time of 51.53. Meanwhile, Butler topped the high jump with a leap of six feet, two inches, nudging him ahead of Marquette’s...
Flipping The Switch: Linnea Britton signs with GVSU Wrestling
Escanaba, Mich. (WJMN) – On Monday afternoon, in front of dozens of friends and family members, Escanaba senior Linnea Britton put pen to paper officially signing on to join the Grand Valley State Women’s Wrestling Program. “I’m super excited and a little bit nervous,” said Britton. “Wrestling has...
Gladstone Public Safety plans mass shooting response exercise in Delta County
DELTA COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) - Every parent’s worst nightmare is to hear their child’s school is in lockdown because of an active shooter, Gladstone Public Safety Department is working to ensure there’s a plan if that happens. “We’re preparing for an active assailant or mass casualty incident...
Parmalee to perform at UP State Fair Saturday August 17
ESCANABA, Mich. (WLUC) - The U.P. State Fair has announced the next act of its full line-up of Grandstand entertainment, presented by Island Resort and Casino. The band Parmalee will take the Grandstand stage on Saturday, August 17. As the most-played group/band on Country Radio in 2023, Parmalee is one of country music’s most successful acts with four number-one singles, multiple platinum records, and more than one billion on-demand streams.
Fuel and Dorothy to perform at U.P. State Fair
ESCANABA — The U.P. State Fair has announced entertainment, presented by Island Resort and Casino, for Friday, Aug. 16. Two rock bands, Fuel and Dorothy, will take the stage. Doors open at 7 p.m. (EST) and the concert starts at 8. GRAMMY Award-nominated multi-platinum rock band Fuel is comprised of founder, guitarist, and songwriter Carl Bell and longtime drummer Kevin Miller, and have been joined by new blood — Aaron...
Rock Lions Club serves Mother’s Day breakfast
ROCK, Mich. (WLUC) - Families celebrated mothers and grandmothers with bacon and eggs Sunday in Rock. Rock Lions Club hosted its annual Mother’s Day breakfast buffet fundraiser. Guests purchased bucket raffle tickets for items like a Yooper-opoly board game. There was also a more competitive raffle for a brand-new tractor.
Suspected cocaine dealers arrested in Delta County
DELTA COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) - On May 1, two Delta County men were arraigned in the 94th District Court in Delta County on charges related to possession with the intent to deliver cocaine. James Johnson of Escanaba and Ronald Frans of Gladstone were arrested on April 30 after deputies from...
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