By GRAHAM JAENIG Daily Mining Gazette EAGLE RIVER — A request for space on the tower at Mt. Horace Greeley by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has prompted Keweenaw County officials to engage a contractor to conduct a structural analysis on the tower before permitting ...

By ILSA MINOR Daily Press ESCANABA — The city of Escanaba approved resolutions Thursday to exit the Michigan Municipal Employees Retirement System, commonly known as MERS, and self-manage the investments that support the program. At the start of Thursday’s meeting, Tara Langham ...

By BETSY BLOOM Daily News MENOMINEE — A cougar recently turned up in southern Menominee County, according to the Eagle-Herald newspaper in neighboring Marinette, Wis. A trail camera on Duane Clausen’s property near Birch Creek Road and County Highway 577 captured a video of the ...

FELCH TOWNSHIP — A plan to establish a “solar farm” at the former Groveland Mine has gained the final local government authorization needed to move forward in Dickinson County. The Felch Township Planning Commission voted 4-1 on Wednesday to approve Circle Power Renewables’s ...

ESCANABA — The three candidates running for Escanaba’s City Council and one of three candidates seeking election to the Gladstone City Commission were in Escanaba Wednesday to weigh in on the issues during a voter forum sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and ...

ESCANABA — When compared to the agriculture of eras past, changes in technology, diet trends, politics, transportation and land management have all impacted the way farmers operate. In the Upper Peninsula, hay is widely grown, but this year’s yield suffered due to dry conditions. However, ...