ESCANABA — A coffee blend available for just one week each year is returning to the Upper Peninsula State Fair, giving fairgoers a chance to take home a taste they won’t find elsewhere. UP North…
Launching a fairly large affair
ESCANABA -- The Upper Peninsula State Fair officially kicked off on Monday. Throughout the week, the grounds shall be open…
Music at the Marketplace
Magnificent Michigamme Highlands
MARQUETTE -- Among the wildest of Michigan's wild places, the rugged Michigamme Highlands has some of the most important natural…
Small plane crash Friday
SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP — Injuries were reported as the result of a small plane crash Friday evening in rural Houghton County.…
Painted tales at Canterbury
ESCANABA — One business in downtown Escanaba has gotten a decorative addition recently, loosely in honor of its 60th birthday.…
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Local Sports
Sports Flashback Aug. 9-15
August 10, 1966 — Barney Barnhart and Jack Smith led the way in the Highland Golf Club Men’s Twilight League by shooting 37. They were led by Bob Monson, Bob Boucher and Dave Friets with 38 and Dave Friets, Bob Heyman and Mel Manske at 39. August 11, 1966 — Mike Jensen sank
Paxton Johnson 35 Sarah Nolde 39 Savanna Stenberg 42 Paulette Trask 42 Caron Salo 43 Tammy…
Terrace Bluff Women's scores under 50
The UP Sports Hall of Fame Council has announced a vacancy on its 23-member board and…
U.P. Sports Hall of Fame looks to fill vacancy on council
Stueck continues to dominate in sport compact class
Obituaries
Florence Irene Bessonen
ESCANABA — Florence Irene Bessonen, age 87, of Escanaba passed away Thursday, August 13, 2026 at St. Mary's Hospital in Green Bay, WI. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the Anderson Funeral Homes of Escanaba and Gladstone.
ESCANABA — Sherry E. Dahl, 59, of Escanaba (Ford River Twp.) passed away at her home…
Sherry E. Dahl
RAPID RIVER — Fred E. Smith, 85, of Rapid River, passed away on Thursday, August 13,…
Fred E. Smith
ESCANABA — Mary E. Anderson, 63, of Escanaba, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at…
Mary E. Anderson
Community
Music at the Marketplace
The Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress (UPCAP) has announced two upcoming events in September designed…
UPCAP announces September events and retreat for regional family caregivers
LANSING -- The income guidelines for the Michigan Women, Infants, and Children Program were recently adjusted…
More families may now qualify for Michigan WIC program
ESCANABA — Impaired driving — whether caused by alcohol or drugs — poses a constant threat…
“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement urges responsible driving as busy Labor Day holiday nears
Regional News
Food truck owners look to revive The Stand in IR
Fire in Dickinson County
More families may now qualify for Michigan WIC program
Boxley trial ruled a mistrial
Editorial
Editorial cartoon for Aug. 17, 2026
MSP to step up enforcement through Labor Day weekend
Isle Royale park structures protected under new alliance
Editorial cartoon for Aug. 15, 2026
Local columns
Almanac for Aug. 17, 2026
Today is Monday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2026. There are 136 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton gave grand jury testimony via closed-circuit television from the White House concerning his relationship with Monica Lewinsky; he then delivered a TV address in which he…
The Right to Be Left Alone
Almanac for Aug. 15, 2026
Are Mainstream Democrats Taking Back the Wheel?
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