SOUTH RANGE — The Village of South Range is becoming more of an outdoor destination with continued construction of Backcountry Village, a 300 acre power sports resort featuring lodging, day parking, an RV park, off road trails and more. Backcountry Village, located off of Old M—26 has ...

TRAVERSE BAY — Dredging crews will return to the Grand Traverse Harbor in Houghton County this summer as efforts continue to save Buffalo Reef from being covered by stamp sand mining waste. Over the past roughly 100 years, historic copper mine tailings from the Wolverine and Mohawk mines – ...

MARQUETTE — In a unanimous decision by the Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees Thursday, Chris Olson, has been named as president of NMU, He is set to start in the position Jan. 1. BOT Vice Chair Melissa Holmquist was the person who brought first the motion and was the first to ...

EAGLE RIVER – The Keweennaw County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday denied an unconditional rezoning request for Black Bear, Inc. more commonly known as Mount Bohemia Ski Resort, on the Gay Lac La Belle Road. The request to rezone approximately 80 acres of leased land along Sand Point ...

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University’s redesign of the Wadsworth Hall dining hall, now named the Social House at Wadsworth Hall, was showcased Wednesday afternoon during an open house. Visitors and university personnel could tour the space and sample some of the food and beverages ...

LAURIUM – The new ice generating system at the Gipp Arena is complete and ready to be started up, said Village Manager Ian Lewis, but will not be used until November, due to warmer than average temperatures extending through the early part of October. “Because of the weather, we’ve ...