ESCANABA — For the second consecutive year, the Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress (UPCAP) is providing funding to assist and supply food to residents in need and to support food pantries throughout the Upper Peninsula, according to Jonathan Mead, UPCAP President & CEO. Over ...

LAURIUM – With yesterday's opening of the public skating session for the winter, the Village of Laurium is now offering season ice skating passes. The $50 passes contain admission for 20 public skating times. In an effort to help reduce the burden of public skating costs for individuals ...

LAKE LINDEN — A Copper Country teacher and her school have been recognized with a grant from a national non-profit organization. Heather French, long-time teacher at Lake Linden-Hubbell Schools, was recognized by 'Alice's Kids,' a nonprofit offering "charity with dignity" for students with a ...

HANCOCK — A warm glow shines from the Hancock Campground this holiday season. Cross the Portage Lake Lift Bridge into the cozy, snow-dusted City of Hancock, where a brand-new holiday tradition now brightens long winter nights — "Hancock Lights the Night." The community-driven project was ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died Nov. 26 in Menominee after a nine-year battle with cancer, according to his obituary from the ...