A house bill that introduced in February 2024 that would name a section of M-26 in Houghton County as the Private Wesley Karna Memorial Highway passed with unanimous support on Wednesday, according to a release from State Rep. Greg Markkanen’s office. On September 24, 1944, Adams Township ...

HANCOCK — Jim Kurtti remembers years ago, standing outside one Midsummer evening, etching in his mind all of the sights and sounds of the dance and celebration that was taking place in his rural Upper Michigan hometown, Bruce Crossing. Though he was still young at the time, he suspected this ...

HANCOCK — Two former Finlandia University landmarks are being put to use in a way that will preserve public access. Naturally Michigan Properties purchased Old Main and the Chapel of St. Matthew earlier this year. Members of the public will get to see both of the buildings Sunday during a ...

While tensions between labor and management continued to heat up in the first decade of the 20th century, eastern and southern Europeans, particularly the Finns, Italians and Croatians, were most often targeted as instigators. But, not every immigrant who came to the Lake Superior copper region ...

HANCOCK — The Hancock School Public Library has been completely transformed since it received a $212,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Education in August, 2022. That was two years after receiving funding to further develop a new media lab, new technology and new furniture. Library ...

Adventure Mountain in Greenland is much more than a ski hill. The hill is enjoyed by riders of sled, tubes and toboggans now that the mechanical equipment of a tow rope, rope tow polls and polley has returned. Over three years and countless hours, Mountain Lions Club volunteers worked ...