HOUGHTON — According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data tracker, positive test results for COVID increased just over 12% between December 17 and December 23, 2023. Closer to home, Cathryn Beer, health officer and chief executive at the Western Upper Peninsula Health ...

ESCANABA — The Delta County Board of Commissioners voted this week to sell its stake in a dump trailer co-owned by the Delta Conservation District and Former Conservation District CEO Rory Mattson to either the district or Mattson — despite it being questionable whether the county owns the ...

In northern Wisconsin, where outdoor enthusiasts live for snow and ice, warmer than usual weather has skiers and snowmobilers turning to wheels, and race organizers breaking out snowmaking machines. In December, weather stations in Brule, Ashland and Hayward recorded temperatures more than 12 ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Seeing this doe alongside Six Mile Lake Road in mid-November was a shock. In profile and movement, she looked normal in body, legs, shoulders, neckline … but oh the head, swollen and misshapen on the left side with a lumpy growth that wrapped from jawbone to between the ...

ESCANABA — An ongoing investigation into past activities at the Delta County Airport continued to be a point of contention at the Delta County Board of Commissioners meeting this week, with one commissioner raising concerns about who — if anyone — was overseeing the investigation. “My ...

GRANT TOWNSHIP — At about 8:10 a.m. Wednesday, a black 2015 Nissan Pathfinder was stolen from Superior Street in Lac La Belle, according to a release from the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle has a white Sayen’s plate on the front bumper, with the Michigan registration listed ...