ONTONAGON — Storms that hit the Upper Peninsula over the past week have left snowmobile trails impassable across portions of six U.P. counties, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. “Some snowmobile clubs are out clearing trails, others are continuing to assess the ...

“Now it’s past my bed I know, I’d really like to go, soon it will be the break of day, sitting here in Blue Jay Way,” – George Harrison When I was a young boy, my sister and I slept in twin beds that were given to us as a gift from our aunt, Gertrude. The headboards of the beds each ...

MASON – This week, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) joined the Michigan Christmas Tree Association for a Trees for Troops event at Tannenbaum Farms. Employees from MDARD and the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) who ...

"Hey, little one, so far from home and so alone,” – Dorsey Burnette and Barry De Vorzon In the fading daylight of a late winter’s afternoon, the cross atop the mine’s towering headframe, though unlit, was clearly visible, high above the Egyptian revival-style obelisks capping the A ...

REPUBLIC — A long-time hunting enthusiast didn’t let less-than-perfect hunting conditions get in her way on opening day of firearm deer season, knocking down a 5-point buck while in the company of her son. Diana Peterson, 88, of Marquette, said she has been hunting since the age of 15. A ...

The Michigan departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture and Rural Development encourage those who have eastern hemlock trees on their property to take time this winter to inspect the trees for signs of hemlock woolly adelgid – tiny, soft-bodied insects that consume the trees’ stored ...