The Escanaba City Council approved utility rates increases yesterday on split votes. The city was asking for 35 percent hikes in both water and wastewater rates. Councilman Taylor Dubord opposed both increases.

 

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lifted the stay-at-home order Monday that has been in effect since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.