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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
ESCANABA — An avid angler based in Ford River operates charter boats on the Great Lakes. “Top 40” and “Salmon Ella” are the two boats operated by Captain Sager, licensed by the United States Coast Guard and authorized to carry passengers and fish in Michigan and Wisconsin waters. ...