RAPID RIVER - The Hiawatha National Forest and partners are excited to invite families to Winter Trails Day on Saturday, Feb. 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rapid River Ski Trail. Cross-country skis and snowshoes will be available free of charge for use during the event thanks to Brampton ...

Scientists are asking for help from the public this winter to measure how thick the ice is on the Great Lakes and inland lakes. Data submitted by ice fishers and other people who spend time on frozen lakes could improve the models that forecast ice cover on the Great Lakes. Satellites do a ...

ESCANABA- The snow moon is about to rise in the eastern sky! The full snow-moon will light the frigid nights with a white glow. It may bring dancing flakes of new snow. It may bring coyote love songs and owl serenades. Indigenous people often referred to the month of February as the snow ...

“The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous; we chopped through the night, and we chopped through the dawn,” – Bob Dylan The persistent and deepening snow and cold of late has signaled primal feelings of survival within me. Just walking to the mailbox and back is an adventure ...

Jutting out into Lake Superior is the Keweenaw Peninsula, home to Michigan’s Copper Country. This is where the earliest known metalworking in North America originated, with objects crafted by Indigenous peoples from Keweenaw copper becoming so prized that they have been discovered in ...

ESCANABA - The following reports detail daily activity of Michigan conservation officers from Nov. 9, 2025, to Nov. 22, 2025, throughout the following District 2 counties of service: Alger, Chippewa, Delta, Mackinac, Luce and Schoolcraft. CO Steve Butzin received a complaint in Nahma Township ...