IRON MOUNTAIN — A petition drive to remove Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may be the best option for correcting a decline in U.S. mail service, an Iron Mountain resident says. Tracy Asanuma addressed Dickinson County Board on Monday, suggesting a coordinated campaign to deluge the White ...

HOUGHTON — As more specialized crisis lines have grown in popularity, a line that has served Copper Country residents in need for more than half a century will be discontinued. The Copper Shores Community Health Foundation’s crisis line, run by the former Dial Help, is being discontinued ...

In July 2021, the Atlantic published an article that came right to the point in its title: America Has a Drinking Problem. “Few things are more American than drinking heavily,” author Kate Julian wrote. When taking history into account, she is right. For instance, John Hancock, one of ...

HANCOCK — Volunteers repotted thousands of native plant seedlings at the Keweenaw Land Trust headquarters for Earth Day. The plants come from Brian Black, a faculty member at Bay College who grows native plants in his greenhouse for the local chapter of Wild Ones. Each year, he donates the ...

ESCANABA — This summer at the U.P. State Fair, you can learn the “Watermelon Crawl” when country music artist Tracy Byrd takes the Grandstand stage on Wednesday, Aug. 14, along with special guests The Riflemen. Tracy Byrd and The Riflemen are the first acts announced by the U.P. State ...

HOUGHTON — Don’t be fooled by the button mushrooms at the supermarket. Unlike a lot of produce, most mushroom varieties have a short shelf life. “It’s kind of nice because it kind of protects it from monopolization,” Zack Osborn said during a presentation at the Portage Lake ...