COPPER COUNTRY — The arrival of mid-October has brought with it cooler temperatures, changing leaves and increased deer activity. The heightened deer presence is due to the rut, the period in which deer are breeding and far more active. With the increased activity, drivers will have more ...

LAURIUM – The George Gipp Ice Arena will once again become a haunted house just in time for Halloween. The annual haunted house, hosted by the Calumet High School Drama Club, will be open on October 24, 25, 30, and 31st, from 6-9 p.m. The haunted house was in doubt for some time. At the ...

MARQUETTE – Andrew Shirtz, ex-Northern Michigan University adjunct computer science professor, is going to trial on a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery charge. The trial is scheduled for Nov. 18, at the Marquette County 96th District Court with Judge Karl Weber presiding. Shirtz is ...

HOUGHTON — The Biskaabiiyaang Collective at Michigan Tech hosted a drum social out on the Walker lawn Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. Two Drum Circles — Summer Cloud and Four Thunders, from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, were invited to share their cultures through drums and ...

A case of whether seven chimpanzees, currently all at the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Menominee County community of Wallace, should be granted habeas corpus rights was heard by the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday. In the hearing, judges and lawyers debated the threshold — if not biological ...

LANSING — A hard-fought deal to fund road repairs in perpetuity was inked Monday morning, cementing a legacy item for Michigan’s governor who campaigned tirelessly on “fixing the damn roads.” But two of the primary tax revenue sources in the plan face distinct political and legal ...