IRON MOUNTAIN — A National Weather Service long-range forecast favors a warm, dry start to summer in the Upper Peninsula, while the outlook through August is neutral. The Climate Prediction Center sees a 45% chance of above-average temperatures in June and just a 20% chance of below ...
MARQUETTE — The Superior Watershed Partnership and the Land Conservancy has announced the launch of its Great Lakes Climate Corps and Great Lakes Tribal Conservation Corps field season. These programs provide trained, boots-on-the-ground crew members whose work spans the entire Upper Peninsula and contributes in meaningful ways to environmental projects that improve communities. This year, they’re planting 100,000 trees in Marquette County. Any local unit of government, community organization or private land owner can request to have free trees planted on their property by ...
HOUGHTON — The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department says much of the Western U.P. has been identified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as a confirmed area with blacklegged (Deer) ticks present with Lyme bacteria. Lyme disease cases in the U.P. have increased in ...
COPPER HARBOR — Summer is quickly approaching in one of the most beautiful areas in the Keweenaw. The Copper Harbor Trails Club (CHTC) will host three unique events during the rest of June. The event the club is most excited about taking place on June 20, Harbor Hunt. Outreach and ...
CALUMET TOWNSHIP — A once premier social club in Calumet, the Miscowaubik Club, is writing a new chapter to its history in the Copper Country, and is inviting the public to an open house on Thursday, June 11, from 5-8 p.m. “Please join us for our Open Houses on Thursday, June 11th and ...
COVINGTON TOWNSHIP — One man was killed Sunday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash in Baraga County, and left a second person with minor injuries. At approximately 2:30 p.m., Sunday, deputies from the Baraga County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the crash on M-28 near Pirkola Road in Covington Township. A Monday statement from the Sheriff’s Office says upon arrival, deputies discovered a semi-truck overturned across M-28 and fully engulfed in flames after striking and breaking a power line. The driver, Larry Bruce Mengsol, a 60-year-old male from Mequon, Wisconsin, was able ...
