By GARRETT NEESE Daily Mining Gazette HOUGHTON — Drivers in Houghton and Hancock will have less worry of unexpected backups at the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. Lifts of the bridge will be restricted to the top and halfway point of the hour in most cases, starting Sept. 29, Houghton County ...

By TERRI CASTELAZ The Daily News KINGSFORD — For two decades, the history of flight has been celebrated at Ford Airport Day. The 20th-annual event is set to take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Kingsford airport. The A-26 Invader “The Silver Dragon” will again be one ...

By GARRETT NEESE The Daily Mining Gazette BARAGA COUNTY — Two Baraga County school districts are tentatively investigating whether the districts will consolidate. Baraga Area Schools and L’Anse Public Schools are looking into the idea, which would result in a combined school ...

By JIM ANDERSON The Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County expects to update its solid waste management plan with the help of a regional agency that will receive state grant funds, part of a legislative package signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in December to overhaul Michigan’s ...

ESCANABA — End the Silence, a Depression Awareness and Suicide Prevention Walk, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept.16. The event will be held at a new location this year, the Miracle of Life Building at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. The walk is being held at the end of National Suicide ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Fall colors in the southern Upper Peninsula are expected to peak about three or four weeks from now as the National Weather Service predicts elevated chances for a dry fall and winter. Below-normal precipitation is forecast in the Great Lakes region through April, due to the ...