LAURIUM — Eighty years ago, in 1946, Bill and Marge Miller opened the doors to a new bowling center named Miller’s Recreation at 311 Hecla Street in Laurium. Now known as Miller's Lanes, the former Super Quality Foods warehouse had turned into 6-lane bowling center with a sandwich shop and ...
TRAVERSE CITY — Our local Special Olympics team, Area 39 sent a delegation of eight athletes and three coaches to the State Winter Games, hosted by Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City, during the week of January 27-30, 2026. We are proud to announce that they brought home six gold medals, ...
MARQUETTE — Three Upper Michigan college students have been selected to participate in the third cohort of NMU's Rural Leadership Fellowship Program, a public-private partnership with InvestUP that promotes immersive, project-based learning while also supporting U.P. economic and community ...
HANCOCK — How do you think about recipes? Are they universal tools that carry the same meaning and purpose for all, or are they personal reminders of a loved one or shared experience? Could they be all these things and more? For artist Emily Lanctot, they are the subject and inspiration ...
ESCANABA – From local sports coverage in the Upper Peninsula to bylines in The Athletic, owned by The New York Times, Eden Laase-Derouin has built a career that spans local reporting and national media. Laase-Berouin, 30, who professionally goes by Eden Laase, has held roles ranging from a ...
For more than 10 years, I researched and wrote the weekly Daily Mining Gazette column, Copper Country’s Past & People. The Copper Country’s past was made by its people. Among the outstanding aspects of these people are their resilience, their strength, and the character, derived from those ...
