KINGSFORD — A Kingsford woman and several pets died in a house fire late Tuesday that authorities said was sparked by an electric bicycle explosion. Kingsford Public Safety (KPS) responded at 11:21 p.m. to a fire in a two-story house, with one person believed trapped inside, at 109 Balsam ...

ESCANABA — Today is Earth Day. The holiday began in 1970, but the idea of environmental conservation had been gathering traction for years. For a while, environmental activism was seen as a part of hippie counter-culture and not respected. To some, it’s still viewed ...

When most scholars of U.S. history study the birth and growth of the country, very few of them consider the Upper Peninsula’s contribution to the rise of the nation. And yet, it is so. John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company, with its headquarters on Mackinac Island, in 1808, ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. – The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Natural Resources Division announced Monday that the oil spill at the McKay Bay boat launch in Mackinac County has largely been contained. Oil booms have been deployed to prevent the spill from migrating further into ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. – The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Natural Resources Division staff was notified at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Thursday about a potential oil spill at the McKay Bay boat launch, east of Cedarville. McKay Bay, just northeast of the Les Cheneaux Islands, ...

Agate Falls Scenic Site, a popular western Upper Peninsula attraction managed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Division, is temporarily closed through late fall for essential repairs and improvements to the site's trestle bridge. This closure, which is ...