HANCOCK – For Finns, sauna is a near sacred space for physical and mental cleansing. In fact, the sauna was so significant to Finnish culture and tradition, it was often the first structure built on the homestead by 19th and early 20th century Finnish immigrants. The sauna served as temporary ...
ESCANABA — Following a snowy morning, a semi-trailer truck went off the road near the border of Wells Township and the City of Escanaba on Thursday. Around or before 11:30 a.m., while traveling southbound on U.S. 2 and 41, just after passing under the Canadian National railroad bridge near ...
CALUMET TOWNSHIP – The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission’s annual Keweenaw Heritage Grant application window is still open. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2026, according to Advisory Commission Executive Director Sean Gohman. Heritage Grant ...
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, ...
Dear Annie: I'm wrapping up a HORRIBLE, out-of-the-blue abandonment divorce from my soon-to-be ex-husband. In 2023, I came home from teaching kindergarten to find out my ex took the majority of our furniture and moved out of state. He blocked me and erased me as if I didn't exist. It took ...
MAQUETTE — Michigan wildlife researchers are preparing to conduct the second phase of a collaborative study that aims to figure out why the Upper Peninsula moose population remains stubbornly stagnant. This month, researchers from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Keweenaw Bay ...