HANCOCK — Hancock's Porvoo Park, on the Portage Canal, will get a design upgrade as the result of action taken by the city's Downtown Development Authority this week. At its Monday meeting, the DDA also negotiation for property on Franklin Street and approved its 2025-26 budget. The meeting ...

CALUMET — At a press conference Tuesday, Ranger David Dean previewed some of the Keweenaw National Historical Park’s (KNHP) upcoming Summer activities and events. Dean said the park was happy to announce the park is now operating under its Summer hours — open seven days a week from 10 ...

BARAGA — The Michigan Army National Guard’s 107th Engineer Battalion are conducting engineer construction projects at Van Riper, Craig Lake, and McLain state parks as well as various state forest campgrounds and recreational facilities in Baraga County. Soldiers assigned to the 1432nd ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — With extreme fire danger in the western Upper Peninsula, firefighters are working in Dickinson County to contain and extinguish a wildfire burning since Sunday northeast of Iron Mountain. The fire was reported burning at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, just past Pine Creek, along ...

HOUGHTON – Residents of the western Upper Peninsula woke up to heavy smoke in the air Tuesday morning as a result of wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba were drawn in the region by an approaching cold front. Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to threaten the ...