BARAGA — A convergence of negative factors has driven down success rates in the first week of the 2009 firearm deer season, but some hunters still had deer to check and stories to tell Thursday. » Full Story

“Now that’s what I call inviting,” smiled Sarah Palinen as we approached Camp Coronary on the north shore of Lake Med. “Make that irresistibly inviting,” she added, operating the tap like a pro. » Full Story

There’s a mass migration going on in the U.P. and it has nothing to do with Catholic church services. » Full Story

A recent WW&W Opinion Dynamics Poll among non-hunting wives of hunters, about to become deer camp widows once again, revealed that wives just don't understand why their husbands have to "go camp"... » Full Story

That's not a typo. For you alert proofreaders, it's a play on words; like going off on a tangent or rant, but in a good way.

It's also a theory, of which I have many. » Full Story

HOUGHTON — The pack of racers converging on the Copper Country are ready to expect anything in this year’s Lake Superior Performance Rally, which begins this afternoon in Houghton. » Full Story

“Who died?” the stranger in the next booth asked as I enjoyed breakfast at Syl’s with Paris, Dolly and Sarah. » Full Story

HOUGHTON — Michigan Department of Natural Resources director Rebecca Humphries has led a wave of officials and Natural Resources Comissioners north to the Upper Peninsula this month. » Full Story

“I love fall,” said Vic Betterly approvingly over a recent cold one right out in the open in Copper Harbor, “No people, no bugs, no people or bugs to bug ya.”

He was righ. » Full Story

HOUGHTON — A pair of important meetings in guiding the future of conservation in the western U.P. and Michigan in general will take place in the area in the coming weeks. » Full Story