ALPENA — Though Alpena County is still recovering from this year's ice storm, Kim Elkie, director of Alpena County Central Dispatch, recognized the efforts of public safety personnel during the 2025 ice storm at the Alpena County Board of Commissioner’s meeting on Tuesday. Elkie first ...
MACKINAC BRIDGE — A semi-truck driver was arrested Wednesday on the Mackinac Bridge after Michigan State Police (MSP) discovered multiple illegal weapons and other violations. At approximately 6:48 p.m. Wednesday, a Motor Carrier Officer (MCO) from the MSP St. Ignace Post observed a ...
COPPER HARBOR — The Upper Peninsula Dark Sky Festival is returning to Copper Harbor for its fourth year running from April 16-18 at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge. The event, which takes place during International Dark Sky Week, seeks to celebrate the beauty of natural darkness, the science of ...
Wells Lions raffle winner ESCANABA – The $100 winner of the Wells Lions Club’s 52-week raffle for week 34, dated March 23, is Troy Sebeck of Escanaba. MSU Forestry Innovation Center Maple Weekend ESCANABA — The Michigan State University Forestry Innovation Center, 6005 J Rd, in ...
Editor’s note: The following is about research being done, in part, at the Forestry Innovation Center in Hyde, which is hosting "maple weekend" from 9 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. They invite the public to observe a high-tech syrup-making process and sample the end result for ...
OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP – An hours-long standoff between an alleged gunman and law enforcement from throughout the Upper Peninsula resulted in the arrest of an individual at a home in Osceola Township near the community of Dollar Bay. Houghton County Sheriff Josh Saarinen told the Daily Mining ...