IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula jobless rate fell to 6.7% in May as the size of the region’s workforce grew and the number of unemployed workers dipped, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. May’s not seasonally adjusted jobless ...

ESCANABA — Near the Gladstone lighthouse, an enormous Sasquatch relaxes with a tropical drink. Next to the beach house on Aronson Island, a similar creature lazily fishes from a small boat. They are entirely sand and clay. The two large sand sculptures on the beaches of Gladstone and ...

ESCANABA — The days of tracking COVID-19 infections are coming to an end due to a series of decisions at the federal and state level. At the beginning of the pandemic, a number of tracking programs were created to monitor COVID-19 infections and the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for them. ...

ESCANABA — An Escanaba man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for drug charges related to an incident that sent another man to jail. James Joseph Johnson, of Escanaba, and Ronald David Frans, of Gladstone, were recently sentenced in Delta County Circuit Court following drug ...

ISLE ROYALE — Murder-suicide is suspected to be the cause of death for two campers on Isle Royale this month, according to published reports. They were found June 8 in Isle Royale National Park’s South Lake Desor Campground near Greenstone Ridge trail, a remote area of the island. Two ...

ESCANABA — A ceremony in Escanaba’s Ludington Park Thursday marked the latest effort to beautify the city. Recently, Enhance Escanaba along with many volunteers created the Ludington Park Nature Trail in the park. The group planted a combination of 250 trees, shrubs, perennials along the ...