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Election Day is tomorrow
HOUGHTON COUNTY – Several proposals will appear on the ballot of Houghton County’s November 4 special election. These include school proposals and village and city proposals. School proposals • Hancock Public Schools: Hancock Public Schools General Obligation Unlimited Tax Bond ...
Fall back tonight
Daylight saving time is coming to an end for 2025. Officially it ends tomorrow at 2 a.m. Clocks "fall back" and we gain an hour. Here's what to know about the seasonal time change. Daylight saving time comes to an end on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 a.m., when the time goes back to 1 a.m. Daylight ...
Embridge gets green light
MACKINAW CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week approved energy company Enbridge’s plans to encase a segment of an aging oil pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac, a Great Lakes channel, pushing past its own findings that construction could ruin the environmentally ...
Dead deer and small fish
LANSING — As a group of Northern Michigan University students huddled around the carcass of a northern pike supposedly caught earlier that day, they knew something was wrong: The fish was far too small. Michigan law requires anglers to release northern pike if they’re less than 24 inches ...
MSP announces new UP commander
MARQUETTE — The Michigan State Police (MSP) announced the promotion of Captain Christopher Gerard to commander of the Eighth District. Beginning October 26, 2025, Captain Gerard now leads MSP field services for the Eighth District, which covers the entire Upper Peninsula. Gerard is a ...






