ESCANABA — One of the women involved with a crash between a Toyota crew cab pickup truck and a Canadian National train perished from her injuries after being transported to OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba on Thursday afternoon. Shortly before 1 p.m. on Thursday, the truck failed to ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate climbed to 6.2% in December as the number of jobless workers grew by an estimated 1,200 since November, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget. “Most ...

MARQUETTE — Hundreds of community members gathered Thursday for a musical vigil for hope and peace organized by Northern Michigan University Professor of Music, Erin Colwitz, at the Marquette Hope Methodist Church. “Our country has taken a dark turn and many people are feeling scared, ...

HOUGHTON – People passing by the Student Development Center (SDC) at Michigan Technological University (MTU) this week caught a glimpse of an unusual winter ritual: a student equipping a fire hose purposefully creating a sheet of ice. They worked in preparations for today’s Winter Baja ...

BRAMPTON — Two people where injured in a car-train accident in rural Delta County Thursday afternoon. A team of uniformed responders from various agencies carried a stretcher through the snow, away from railroad tracks and a red Toyota pickup truck that lay on its side with the top cut off. A ...

Editors Note: This is the first of a two-part series on mail disruptions in the western Upper Peninsula. HOUGHTON — In response to constituents’ appeals to his office, U.S. Congressman Jack Bergman sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner, dated Jan. 20, expressing concern at ...