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Outdoors North: John Pepin

Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons on our coats, blowing through the letters that we wrote, blowing through the books upon our shelves, it’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves,” – Bob Dylan Walking along an old dirt road, I feel the winds of autumn swirling around the tree trunks, ...

Faith and Family

One of my favorite stores is St. Vincent de Paul's. Almost every small town in the UP has one. I am sure you have either shopped or visited one in your travels. What I find interesting is that many people don't know how the concept of thrift stores started. Or why it's named after a Catholic ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My husband has recently become obsessed with Twitter. He spends hours a day on his computer away from his family. I've supported this unusual hobby until recently. I noticed he and another female Tweeter calling each other "besties," and they have cute nicknames for each other. ...

The check's on the way

COPPER HARBOR – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will deliver a check for $1,937,000 to Grant Township today, completing the commercial forest withdrawal fee required to transfer approximately 10,000 acres of remote northern forest into public ownership by the end of the year. Because public ...

Woman sentenced for animal cruelty

ESCANABA — A woman from Escanaba has been sentenced after an investigation uncovered 20 animals living in her home, which was subsequently condemned. Jessica Lynn Wellman, 45, was sentenced in Delta County District Court on Tuesday by Judge Steve Parks. Wellman pleaded guilty to one ...

Getting involved

CALUMET — Representatives from the Pure Michigan Byway Program, Keweenaw Heartlands, the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition and Brockway Mountain Drive will give updates on current projects at the Copper Country Scenic Byway Annual Symposium from 2-4:30 p.m., Tuesday at Keweenaw National ...