ESCANABA — A couple of local teams of fourth- and fifth-graders are among the 48 that have traveled to Mason, Mich. this weekend for the state championship of FIRST robotics’ LEGO League Challenge — the youngest competing level for robotics. The Retro Rockets from Rapid River, the ...

ESCANABA – Escanaba City Council unanimously voted Thursday to deny a request to rezone a vacant Ludington Street property so it could be used for a mechanic/repair business. The Planning Commission received a request to change the property at 800 Ludington St. from “E-3” Central ...

HARRIS – For 40 years, the Island Resort & Casino has been woven into the fabric of daily life in the Upper Peninsula, particularly so in the Hannahville Indian Community. The casino and resort provides the total guest experience, with 454 rooms, a gaming floor, entertainment venue, ...

ESCANABA — Eight volunteers were recognized Thursday by the Escanaba Downtown Development Authority for their efforts to make Escanaba a better place. The Escanaba City Council meeting Thursday night had a presentation honoring Kurt Strassler, Sue Parker, Felicity Feathers, Paul and Kathy ...

DETROIT (AP) — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship's sinking in Lake Superior with 29 men aboard. The relics were discovered by a carpenter in 1975 along the shore in ...

The U.S. House on Thursday passed, 211-204, a bill to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf outside Alaska. The bill, sponsored by Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert, would direct the Interior secretary to reissue a 2020 rule removing ESA protections that delisted wolves ...