MARQUETTE — Scientists now have evidence that yet another invasive aquatic species — the bloody red shrimp — is established in all five Great Lakes. Using traps and nets, researchers last summer collected dozens of adult and juvenile specimens, including pregnant females, at Wisconsin ...
HOUGHTON — After much public comment in favor of the Board of Commissioners retaining the meeting time of 6 p.m. for is regular monthly meetings, the board voted not to change, although the vote was not unanimous. Public comment unanimously supported the meetings beginning at 6 p.m., and ...
HOUGHTON — The Pine Mountain Music Festival is returning to the Upper Peninsula for its 35th season this summer. Starting June 13 and running through June 27, the PMMF will feature three distinct classical music acts travel to Houghton, Iron Mountain, Ontonagon and Marquette. Artistic ...
HANCOCK — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced Tuesday the overdose death rate has declined by 47% since 2021. Preliminary data shows 16.4 deaths per 100,000 residents in 2025, four years ago the rate was 30.8. Opioid overdoses are more common in other ...
HANCOCK — The new exhibition in the Kerredge Gallery at the Copper Country Community Arts Center is the Buellwood Weavers and Fiber Artists Guild Invitational. The Buellwood Weaver’s Guild began with Dorothea Buell in Chassell in the early 1950s. She had 17 looms at her home and started a ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — After a two-year absence, there is a new flag pole atop the iconic Quincy No. 2 Shafthouse. Due to structural degeneration, the original flagpole, which was installed in 1908, had to be removed. While the new pole was being constructed, several modifications were added ...