MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) reminds customers and the public that winter weather patterns can – and often do – produce high winds and accumulations of wet, heavy snow and ice that can affect the region’s electrical grid. The National Weather Service (NWS) ...

ESCANABA— At Alger Correctional Facility in Munising, a unique partnership with the Delta Animal Shelter in Escanaba is transforming lives on both ends of the leash through the Dawgz Adapt program. In the five plus years of the Dawgz Adapt program, incarcerated people at the facility have ...

CHIPPEWA COUNTY — A man who carried out a terrorist attack on the Michigan State Police (MSP) post in Sault Ste. Marie in 2023 has been sentenced. On Tuesday, Chippewa County 50th Circuit Court Judge James P. Lambros sentenced James Kamal Itani, 41, to 25 to 40 years in prison following his ...

HARRIS — Loggers, foresters, distributors and other people and businesses connected to the timber industry in various ways came together for the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association (GLTPA)’s Spring Celebration at the Island Resort and Casino on Wednesday. The GLTPA is a ...

IRONWOOD — A Facebook posting and obituary notice from a western Upper Peninsula Funeral Home together have identified the two-year-old child who was found deceased several days ago in Ironwood Township. Darwin E. Olson, who, less than two weeks prior to his third birthday, was found March ...

FELCH TOWNSHIP — The Calumet Mine on the Felch Mountain Range in Felch Township in Dickinson County was discovered in late 1880 or early 1881. Records state that in 1882, four shafts were sunk and extensive diamond drilling took place. The Calumet Mine was said to be shallow, only 400 feet ...