Here's a look at what stories we're working on for tonight's news.
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Around 50 Delta County residents got on a bus this morning and headed for Lansing. The group is going to a rally tomorrow at the capital for young children and the program Great Start. Tonight on your TV6 Early News, what that program does for kids and what's needed from lawmakers. TV6's Escanaba Bureau reporter Beth Jones with that story tonight.
When is the right time to start a new business? Some would say, now is not a good time, with the economy in a slump. Tonight in a special report called, Tough Times, Big Opportunities, TV6's Heather Sawaski introduces us to a Marquette County couple that's in the middle of opening a restaurant. The pitfalls and concerns they have, tonight on your TV6 Early News.
Restoring the forest is part of a tree planting project today on the Yellow Dog Plains. Tonight on your TV6 Early News, the efforts by an Escanaba timber producer to plant 150,000 jack pine seedlings and also help the Kirtland Warbler.
A 19 year old Michigan Tech student is in court today in Houghton. Jennifer Renee Stigers is charged with filing a false police report. She allegedly told authorities in March she had been sexually attacked on the Tech campus. A month later she allegedly told police it wasn't true. On your TV6 News Tonight, today's court proceedings and where the case goes from here.
Workers at the Smurfit-Stone Container Mill in Ontonagon have been on layoff for six months. Over the weekend, they got the word, they're being called back. Tonight UP Close, TV6's Houghton Hancock Bureau reporter Jeni Jewell talks with workers about the news, and their expectations on being back on the job. That's on your TV6 News Tonight.
Daphne Willis and Company is in the Entertainment Report tonight. TV6's Elizabeth Peterson reports on this blues-rock band with Chicago roots and the original music they're playing. They'll be performing in Marquette. You can get the story on your TV6 News Tonight.
