ESCANABA — Plans are being made to grow established city festivals in Escanaba by adding more music. Organizers say it will greatly enhance the community. “Music adds vibrancy to a community,” said Lorne Watson, a member of the Escanaba Recreation Advisory Board who established an ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — It will be more than raking and hauling debris at the Lake Antoine Park Partners’ annual spring cleanup on Saturday, April 27. LAPP will unveil two new art installations on the beach house. The work bee starts at 9 a.m., with a formal dedication of the crafted butterfly ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — A retaining wall on West Ludington Street between Forest and South Pine streets will be evaluated for replacement or removal. “It has been patched many times throughout the years but is getting to the point that any additional patches will not be effective,” City Manger ...

ESCANABA — After a happenstantial meeting in the woods out west three-and-a-half years ago, a charity hunting trip for veterans, organized with Colorado-based Heroes’ Harvests, is again coming to the Upper Peninsula. During the last two outings, vets came from downstate, Wisconsin, North ...

KINGSFORD — A final project plan for wastewater and stormwater improvements in parts of Ford Addition and the Breitung area of Kingsford have a green light from the city council. The plan, presented to the council Monday by Ryan Morgan of by GEI Consultants of Iron Mountain, has an ...

HOUGHTON — The Houghton-Portage Township Schools Board approved instituting a weighted grade-point average for high school students at its April meeting Monday. The weighted GPAs add an additional 0.25 points for Advanced Placement classes, bringing the district into line with numerous ...