BARAGA — On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, officers and supporters from three prisons in the Upper Peninsula held pickets to inform the public of the current dangers they face inside their workplaces with an emphasis on understaffing. State lawmakers from the Upper Peninsula stood in ...

GLADSTONE — After a successful season on the water, Troy Drebenstedt, the head of the Gladstone Sail School who revived the program four years ago, was pleased to share that 2024 had a great turnout and that students of all ages progressed. Plans are in the works for next year with an altered ...

HANCOCK — The Quincy Mine Hoist Association, on Wednesday, received notification of the latest grant award from the Department of the Interior for continued work on the 1918 Hoist House. In an email Friday, Quincy Hoist Executive Director Tom Wright said this round of work will finish all ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula’s jobless rate climbed to 5.8% in July, up from 5.5% in June and 5% a year ago, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates rose in 16 of the state’s 17 labor ...

ESCANABA — A hands-on exhibit at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds, “Growing UP Foresters,” has since 2006 been providing attendees of the U.P. State Fair with a different type of experience. Geared towards children, but also visited by a large number of adults, Growing UP Foresters ...

CRYSTAL FALLS — The “Morale in Crystal Falls” is building for the Humongous Fungus Festival this weekend. It’s the 33rd year the city has celebrated the giant Armillaria gallica, which spreads over more than 37 subterranean acres near Crystal Falls. The large fungus was discovered ...