RAPID RIVER — The owner of Rapid River Pub says arson is suspected in a blaze that broke out in the back of the business early Monday. According to Tom Szocinski, when the bartender declined to serve a man who had previously been banned from the pub, he replied, "Then I’ll take this ...

ESCANABA — WeldAll Industrial Co. in north Escanaba was founded by two former welding instructors and today fills a unique niche: providing training and certification to welders at other businesses as well as repairing boilers and pressure vessels. Cliff Danis and Dave Konkel’s backgrounds ...

On a cold, rainy fall afternoon in 2019, veteran bear hunter Elijah Keller and a friend had spent hours tracking a black bear through the western Upper Peninsula woods. Soaked and exhausted, the men hustled along to keep up with Keller’s two hounds, at one point sprinting up a hill when ...

The 50th-annual exhibition organized by the Upper Peninsula Steam and Gas Engine concluded Monday at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba.

ESCANABA — A drill to prepare first responders and schools for an event they hope never occurs took place last week at the Escanaba Junior/Senior High School. Designed to simulate an active shooter situation, the mock event placed people inside the building — which, at the time of the ...

A Carney girl remains in the running for Toddler of the Year in the national America's Adorable Toddler Search contest. Hadley Polfus, born in October 2022, had been at the top of her group for the majority of the week but was bumped down to second just before voting closed Thursday ...