MARQUETTE — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced appointments state boards and commissions recently. Several Upper Peninsula residents were among those named. • Michigan Truck Safety Commission Pete Torola, of Chassell, is a research engineer at Michigan Tech University. Torola ...
MARQUETTE – Sixty-eight local governments across Michigan including several from the Upper Peninsula, have been recognized for their sustainability efforts and environmental leadership through their participation in the Michigan Green Communities Challenge. Overall, this year's participants ...
30 years ago GWINN– Some 300 Gwinn residents were evacuated from their homes Tuesday evening after a man told police he’d wired a bomb to explode in his downtown apartment. A state police bomb squad from Grayling entered the building at 111 North Pine Street at about 2:30 a.m. but did not ...
It’s not your imagination. Hosting a Fourth of July barbecue is more expensive this year, with costs for a party of 10 climbing past $71 in the Midwest, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The $71.45 cost is up from $69.87 the previous year. Costs are slightly less in ...
Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest is Saturday. The yearly bun fight, which dates back to 1972, sees large crowds of fans in foam hot-dog hats gather in front of the original Nathan's Famous restaurant in Coney Island, Brooklyn, to cheer on the competitors as they chow down. ...