LANSING — Four Upper Peninsula legislators reacted with “frustration and anger” Monday to Wisconsin-based Aspirus Health’s decision to cease birthing services at its Ironwood facility in Gogebic County at the end of the year. In making the announcement Friday, Aspirus stated that ...

HANCOCK — Hancock's annual Heikinpäivä celebration will become larger and busier following the city's Downtown Development Authority (DDA) meeting Monday evening. The snow sculpture competition held last year in February on the Quincy Green will now be conjoined with Heikinpäivä in ...

MARQUETTE — Within the series of budget cuts that the Michigan House of Representatives approved in their proposed budget last week, local arts and culture organizations may face losing some of their funding. The Michigan Arts and Culture Council’s Arts and Cultural Grant Program is ...

ESCANABA – A woman arrested after a stabbing Aug. 11 in Escanaba has been granted a competency exam. Crystalyn Dixie Knuth and her attorney, Jennifer J. France, appeared via Zoom last week in Delta County District Court before Judge Steve Parks, who ordered the evaluation through the Center ...

HOUGHTON – "It was phenomenal." That is how Houghton City Police Lt. Nick Roberts described Saturday’s 5K walk/run event to raise money the for Special Olympics Michigan Torch Run. This first-ever event was a special 5K walk/run to fundraise for the Flame of Hope Week to support Special ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Fall colors may emerge in the Upper Peninsula about a week from now and peak by the first or second week of October, according to fall foliage forecasts. SmokyMountains.com’s interactive map predicts partial colors in the southern U.P. and northern Wisconsin by Sept. 22, ...