ADAMS TOWNSHIP – A 22 year-old Atlantic Mine woman, Savannah Johnson, was brutally attacked on the morning of Monday, June 15, 2026, while staying staying with her mother’s sister at a home in Wilmington, North Carolina. According to her family, she suffered fractures in her neck and back, ...
HANCOCK — Early voting for this year’s primary election is underway thru Aug. 2 at HOCO Arena in Hancock. Registered voters in Houghton County can vote early from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Sunday. County Clerk Jennifer Kelly said there are many benefits to voting early at HOCO. “It’s ...
MENOMINEE — The Menominee County Sheriff's Office released a statement about a fatal UTV accident which occurred in Menominee Township on Tuesday evening, resulting in one fatality. "At approximately 7:52 p.m. (CDT) on Tuesday, July 21, Menominee County Sheriff Deputies were notified of the accident, which occurred south of the intersection of County Road 577 and Birch Creek #6 Road," read the statement, reported by Sheriff Darrin Kudwa. "Deputies arrived on scene to find a single-vehicle UTV accident, with one occupant ejected from the vehicle with significant traumatic injuries. ...
ESCANABA -- At least three tornadoes touched down in the Upper Peninsula during a weather event July 20, the National Weather Service reported Friday. One was at Delta County's O.B. Fuller Park; the other two were in Marquette and Menominee counties. The conditions on the evening of July 20 ...
HOUGHTON — Hundreds of middle and high school students from 34 states and four countries to came Michigan Technological University for the University's Summer Youth Programs (SYP) in June and July. As the program wraped up, instructors, counselors and staff were tearing things down and ...
IRON MOUNTAIN -- The Upper Peninsula's not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in June, down from 5.9% in May and 6.1% a year ago, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. DTMB reported a civilian labor force of 132,600 in the U.P. in June with 6,900 unemployed. That compared with 7,900 jobless in a workforce of 132,800 in May. Over the year, the size of the region's labor force was down by 10,300 while the number of jobless fell by 1,900. That reflected a statewide trend as the size of Michigan's labor force was down by ...
