HOUGHTON — For the past several days, the Keweenaw, along with most of the Upper Peninsula, has been covered in a hazy blanket of smoke. Air quality alerts had been issued for most of the region along with advisories for those with chronic health concerns. The smoke has prompted some outdoor ...
CALUMET — Bob Milne, considered to be one of the best ragtime/boogie-woogie pianists in the world, will present his final concert in the Keweenaw this Sunday at the Keweenaw Storytelling Center in downtown Calumet. Milne, now 83, will be retiring at the end of this year. The Lapeer resident ...
Dear Annie: I recently reconnected with a former co-worker I was very close to — so close that many of our co-workers once thought we were dating, which was a big no! When we ran into each other, we shared a longer than normal embrace, and she gave me a peck on the cheek. I did the same. We ...
“I was in your presence for an hour or so, or was it a day, I truly don’t know – where the sun never set, where the trees hung low, by that soft and shining sea,” – Bob Dylan In that morning time, in those seemingly sacred hours, the lake was flat, stark and magnificent. There was ...
ESCANABA – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is seeking mentors and volunteers to assist in staffing the DNR’s Pocket Park during the Upper Peninsula State Fair, which runs from Aug. 11-17. “So the Upper Peninsula Pocket Park is a state park located at the U.P. State ...
SOUTH RANGE — The Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress (UPCAP) held a rural veteran health forum at South Range VFW Auxiliary Post 6165. Veterans were invited to learn of available dental resources and to share their experiences regarding struggles to obtain dental care in the U.P. ...