Hometown Escanaba

Jane Lynch with the Escanaba Public Library talks about all of the activities planned for May. It includes a poetry reading night and celebration of the Winter Little Library program. Plus, Lynch is getting ready for the Live on the Lawn music series this summer.

Sign up for Ludington Street Cruise car show will be available this weekend at the GreenTree Auto Styling car show. Cruise Chair Justin Lauscher talks about how to register for Ludington Street Cruise. The event will be May 29 and 30. It includes Smokey and the Bandit reenactors Southbound and Down sponsored by local Edward Jones financial advisors and Rhino Dino to measure horsepower.

Marvin Szukalowski is getting ready to go fishing but first we are taste testing a passion he is once again creating, a pizzasty. Al Ettenhofer says there is still time to get tickets for U.P. Whitetails' Spring Banquet. Bill Cook talks about his new book, Beyond the Crest. It details his journey along the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail and explores how that experience shaped his perspective over the following five decades.

The story of the man who gave $3.65 million to the Escanaba School District's scholarship fund has caught school officials by surprised. School Superintendent Coby Fletcher says they had no contact with the 1947 Escanaba graduate before Dr. David Millard Locke passed away last year. Locke contributed the funds in the name of his mother, Catherine Locke Livermore who taught at the Escanaba schools for more than 30 years and raised her son as a single mom.

BayCon kicks off its fifth year on Friday at Bay College. This is the first year the pop culture convention will be held for two days. Organizer Dave Laur says that is because the event continues to grow. BayCon celebrates everything from vintage video games and comics to cosplay and celebrity culture. There will be more than 100 tables at the event along with celebrity guests and game rooms. It will be held Friday, May 1, from 3 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Ludington Street closes this afternoon from 9th to 14th Street. The intersection at 10th Street will remain opened. Project Manager Darren Pionk of C2AE says the construction company needs to get started before milling the street. Construction is also planned for 6th to 9th Street but Pionk says that portion of the street is being handled by a different construction company.

The Delta County Airport reopened Tuesday following a week of flooding that closed the runways. Delta County Administrator Emily DeSalvo says flooding issues are receding throughout the county. They have been taking reports from those who have been affected by flooding. Delta County is also creating a new airfield operations manager position at the airport to oversee activity.

The final touches are being completed on the entrance project at the Rapid River schools. School Superintendent Jay Kulbertis says it took a lot longer than expected. Gladstone schools is also starting it strategic planning.

Author Bill Cook talks about his new book, Beyond the Crest: A Trail Through Time. It details his backpacking journey along the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail and explores how that experience shaped his perspective over the following five decades.

The parade route for Ludington Street Cruise is being altered to accommodate the construction that will be occurring on Ludington Street this summer. Committee Chair Justin Lauscher says the annual car parade on May 29 will begin in Ludington Park as usual start down Ludington Street.