GREENLAND TOWNSHIP — A Michigan Department of Natural Resources crew recently uncovered an old wellhead off the Bill Nichols Rail-Trail that has been determined to feed the homes and the trail-side stop where the water has been used for drinking water and other watering needs for decades. The ...

GREENLAND TOWNSHIP — An August 1 release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources states that a water source supplying two residents, and an unregulated spigot, has been confirmed in the Ontonagon County township. The release also states that a search of historic maps and ...

L’ANSE — The Illinois man accused of being responsible for a semi-truck crash at the Holiday station in L’Anse that killed one person and heavily damaged the building appeared Tuesday in Baraga County Circuit Court. Keith DeForge, attorney for Dawaun Johnson, argued two motions: One to ...

HOUGHTON — The Houghton Police Department is looking to become the second accredited department in the Upper Peninsula. A team from the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police will visit the department this week as part of the accreditation process. That will also include a two-hour period ...

COPPER HARBOR — History at Fort Wilkins State Park came alive again this past weekend as Battery D, 1st Michigan Artillery living history reenactment group returned to the 1844 military post. More than 25 reenactors interpreted army life by demonstrating artillery drills, period cooking ...

MISERY BAY — A Calumet child was found dead after a drowning accident Friday afternoon in Ontonagon County. Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office responded to a dispatch at 5:07 p.m. that Esko Carlson, 7, was feared to have drowned near the boat launch at Misery Bay, the department said in a ...