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Stabbing in eastern UP

ST IGNACE — What apparently started as an argument lead to a stabbing and subsequent arrest in the eastern end of the U.P. According to a press release from Michigan State Police (MSP) the incident took place Friday in Mackinac County's Moran Township. State Police at the St. Ignace Post, ...

Challenges ahead

EAGLE RIVER — Keweenaw County faces significant financial challenges heading into 2027 due to expiring COVID-related relief funds and increasing operational costs, a reality that county officials warn could lead to impending budget cuts. County Treasurer Eric Hermanson presented the stark ...

Welcome!

HOUGHTON — New Husky Orientation kicks off the week of Aug. 24 at Michigan Technological University. A crop of first-year college students, as well as transfers and international students will participate in actives across the week such as residence hall move-in days, new student ...

UP Veteran of the Year

ESCANABA — A Delta County man, U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant (Ret.) Steven Kwarciany, was honored at the Upper Peninsula Veteran of the Year for 2026 at a ceremony at the U.P. State Fair yesterday. Since the first fair in Escanaba in 1928, there has been a “Governor’s Day” or ...

Iron Mt. Tadych’s last day

IRON MOUNTAIN — After roughly four decades in the community, Tadych's Marketplace Foods shut its doors for good early Thursday evening. The grocery store at 1600 Stephenson Ave. officially ended business a week earlier than the date it originally posted when Minnesota-based Coborn's Inc., ...

The controversy continues

HANCOCK — Hancock's Navy Street project continues to be a controversial issue. At the regular meeting of the Hancock City Council Wednesday, a large group, many of them of Portage Lakeside Condominium (PLC) residents listened to a presentation from former City Manager and current Navy Street ...