ST. IGNACE — The Enbridge Straits Maritime Operations Center on March 6 recorded its 10,000th vessel observation since April 2022, when it assumed responsibility for such observations. Staffed around the clock, the ESMOC serves as the nerve center for a suite of waterway safety systems ...
ONTONAGON — On Thursday, March 19, an Ontonagon County Sheriff's Office deputy stopped a vehicle in Stannard Township resulting in the arrest of three individuals. Two male subjects ages 54 and 62, were taken into custody on drug possession of methamphetamine charges and a third male, age 47, was arrested on an FOC warrant from neighboring county. Assisting the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office were detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team. The two males are currently lodged in the Ontonagon County Jail. No other information will be released at this time.
NEGAUNEE — The Michigan Iron Industry Museum in Negaunee Township is closed indefinitely after heavy snow caused structural damage to its main gallery roof. The roof is intact, but several of the trusses that bear the roof’s weight began cracking Feb. 21. “The museum’s roof system was ...
UPPER PENINSULA — Local farmers were already dealing with a snowier-than-usual winter when the blizzard hit last weekend. Now, even more snow means more strain on them, their fields and their animals. “We’ve only been operating for nine years, so this is definitely more snow than ...
