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Bay College BPA takes the stage in Nashville

Community

ESCANABA & IRON MOUNTAIN – Students from Bay College/LSSU Escanaba Regional Center Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter joined nearly 7,000 members from across the world at the 2026 BPA National Leadership Conference, held May 6 to 10 in Nashville, Tenn. While in Nashville, ...

Midwest Truck Driving School continues annual highway cleanup

Community

ESCANABA — Students and staff from Midwest Truck Driving School, based in Escanaba, recently took to the highways as part of their ongoing commitment to community service, cleaning up a six-mile stretch of US 41. The school has participated in the Adopt-a-Highway program for more than five ...

Judge halts some work on Line 5 reroute in Wisconsin

Regional News

WASHBURN, WI — Canadian energy firm Enbridge can keep building a new stretch of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin except in waterways where the company needs additional permits, a Bayfield County, Wisconsin judge ruled Friday. The decision is largely a win for Enbridge ...

Michigan copper was critical to Union victory in Civil War

Regional News

Editors note: Four Upper Peninsula newspapers are running companion pieces to our America 250 stories with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. This week’s comes from the Mining Mining Gazette in Houghton. By the mid-19th century, the United States had become an industrialized ...

Nessel releases opioid settlement spending guidance and report

Local News

LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday announced the release of a new opioid settlement report and spending guidance aimed at increasing transparency in how opioid settlement funds are used across the state. The resources follow a revised State-Subdivision Agreement for ...

Michigan’s tallest waterfall reopens

Local News

CALUMET — One of the Keweenaw Peninsula’s most iconic natural attractions is welcoming visitors once again as Michigan’s tallest waterfall officially reopens following recent site improvements. Houghton-Douglass Falls, located along M-26 near Calumet, is now open to the public after the ...