FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — It’s hard enough to break down plastics, famously engineered to be long-lasting. Converting them into usable products, and doing so with limited energy, is “almost an impossible problem,” said Michigan Technological University professor Steven Techtmann. “I ...

In a recent study from Safe Home, the state of Michigan received a grade of C for LGBTQ+ safety. Michigan’s overall score was a 72.2, and the state was ranked 31st overall.  Safe Home is an organization that seeks to educate the public about safe practices and products to protect ...

On Tuesday, the Marquette County Health Department confirmed an American crow from Marquette County tested positive for West Nile Virus. This is a strong indicator that the disease is now being carried by mosquitoes in Marquette County and all over the Upper Peninsula. MCHD is now ...

HANCOCK — The Houghton County Fair celebrated the expansion of its exhibit building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. The Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce hosted the ribbon-cutting for the 16-by-58 add-on, which includes new handicapped-accessible men’s and women’s restrooms, a ...

Holidays associated with the U.S. Military seem to mark passages of times. Memorial Day, for example, is recognized more as the first official holiday of summer than a day for honoring those who have fallen in combat. Independence Day, which would have been lost to American history had ...

HANCOCK — A temporary lockdown of the UP Health System — Portage campus was lifted Wednesday afternoon, hours after the hospital had enacted it in response to an early-morning threat. UP Health System — Portage announced the end of the lockdown in a statement released at about 3:40 ...