By RANDY CROUCH Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Preparations are underway in the city of Negaunee as officials continue the tradition of honoring the snow god. The 2023 Heikki Lunta Winter Festival will return during the first weekend of February. On Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4, ...

By TERRI CASTELAZ The Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Five days into the New Year, Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson in Iron Mountain finally had its first baby of 2023. And he made his arrival almost three weeks early. Valentina and Benjiman Busbani of Powers welcomed their son, Emmett ...

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” — Soren Kierkegaard Last week began a look at birding in the Upper Peninsula in first half of 2022. This week will wrap up the highlights from the past year. The transition from winter to spring last year was slow ...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The president responsible for giving America the federal Christmas holiday is getting a special day of his own. Beginning next year, April 27 will be celebrated as Ulysses S. Grant Day in the iconic Civil War general’s home state ...

“Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow. The old goes out, but the young year, Comes merrily in tomorrow.” — Emily Miller It is with mixed feelings 2022 comes to a quiet, snowy end in the Upper Peninsula. It was a chance for the matters that ...

By Journal staff MARQUETTE — Wintery weather disrupted the Christmas holiday across the Upper Peninsula, including causing thousands of power outages in the eastern U.P. Many church services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were canceled or postponed due to a combination of snow ...