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 — Nine volunteers were recognized Thursday by the Escanaba Downtown Development Authority for their efforts in making Escanaba a better place. Those receiving recognition during a presentation at the Escanaba City Council meeting Thursday night were Kurt Strassler, Sue Parker, ...

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 ...

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 ...

ONTONAGON COUNTY — Nine months after two cougar kittens were documented in the Upper Peninsula, a new trail camera photo indicates the elusive animals are still alive and living with their mother. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources verified the Dec. 6 photo of an adult cougar being ...

ESCANABA TOWNSHIP — Two people were injured when a Gladstone Area School bus and passenger vehicle collided Thursday afternoon on U.S. 2 and 41 between Gladstone and Escanaba, forcing the southbound lanes to be temporarily closed. Both of the injured were in the passenger vehicle and their ...