“Come on the risin’ wind, we’re going up around the bend,” – John Fogerty I have always been interested in the idea of harbingers – indicators or signals of things up the road, coming around the bend – things we can’t see today, maybe not even tomorrow, but ...

MARQUETTE — Marquette has many natural features unique to the area — Presque Isle Park, the Lake Superior shoreline and wooded trails, to name a few. To take advantage of these features and educate youngsters at the same time, Discovery Center, a nature-focused, play-based preschool in ...

“My dogs are barking, there must be someone around,” – Bob Dylan On a black night, out among the still bare-limbed maples and birches, I heard the barking of an unfamiliar dog. The sound came from a direction where no dogs bark. I wondered what kind of dog it was and why it was ...

Little Bay de Noc: Fishing activity remained limited, although some anglers were targeting perch and reported slow action. Anglers participating in the catch and release bass season on the Ford River had little success. Manistique: Water levels on the Manistique River were starting to recede. ...

Smelt runs have not yet started in the Upper Peninsula. Many areas along the lakeshores of Lake Superior, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan still have ice formations in front of and near river mouths. Cold temperatures and slow snowmelt in most areas have slowed the progression and timing of smelt ...

MARQUETTE — The U.P. Land Conservancy has gifted nearly 1,300 acres of pristine highlands wilderness in Marquette County to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to protect the property from degradation and maintain public access. “We are please to have this wonderful legacy ...