IRON MOUNTAIN — Lara Hakamaki has been crowned Miss Eco Michigan 2025. The 2016 Iron Mountain High School graduate will move on to represent the state at the national level Jan. 9-12, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. The new reigning Miss Eco USA, along with Miss Eco Canada, will travel to Egypt to ...

HANCOCK — With Autumn here and winter on the horizon the City of Hancock has some preparations ahead. Upcoming events were reviewed at the Hancock Downtown Development Authority meeting Monday. The city will start work on Hancock Lights the Night beginning Oct. 15. The city campground will ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY – An effort to replace more than 80 stolen, damaged and vandalized emergency response markers on three designated motorized trails in Keweenaw County is making progress, but still has a way to go, according to Sheriff Curt Pennala. The goal is to raise a total of $11,000 for ...

ESCANABA — A Gladstone man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assault charges after being accused of holding a female against her will in April, then fleeing downstate. Hunter Grizz Gallagher, 24, and attorney Diane Kay-Hougaboom appeared virtually Monday in the 47th Circuit Court before ...

In addition to a massive boost in road funding, the Michigan budget finalized early Friday includes a continuation of school breakfast and lunch programs and dedicated transportation funding for rural districts, Upper Peninsula lawmakers said. The final framework reduces the state budget from ...

LANSING — With election of a new state Attorney General coming up in 2026, candidates are out spreading the word of their intentions and what they can offer voters if elected into office. Running for the Democrat nomination for Attorney General is Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney, Karen ...