The recent release of U.S. Census data relative to the state of Michigan that showed drops in population for a number of Upper Peninsula counties should have come as a surprise to no one. Figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week revealed some of Michigan’s largest percentage ...

It’s hard to find words when a tragedy happens along the lines of last week’s shooting in Kalkaska County. Words are insufficient. They can’t convey the horror, the sorrow when a child dies — much less at the hands of another child. That both victim and shooter were 5 years old only ...

We all knew that kid — the one who, when their way of playing the game was tested or questioned — took their ball and went home, leaving the rest of the children to scramble up a new game. And so it goes with masking rules in schools — as in lieu of a government ball, institutions must ...

It’s important to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, but for at least one woman, it was especially fortuitous. Diedrie “DJ” Malloy, a 66-year-old resident of Kincheloe, is the first Upper Peninsula resident to win the MI Shot To Win Sweepstakes — a $50,000 prize. Getting a COVID-19 ...

Lake Huron gets a lot of the glory, but Northeast Michigan couldn’t count as the fantastic Up North getaway it is without its many, many inland lakes, as well. From Grand Lake to Long Lake to Hubbard Lake and everywhere in between, those bodies of water draw tourists and seasonal residents ...

Not again. We’re all ready to get off the COVID-19 roller coaster, so this week’s announcements from local public health officials that they’re seeing a rise in infections and hospitalizations arrived with a thud. It was a predictable bit of news, but it is an unwelcome one. News of ...