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On the fast track

The Trump administration is speeding up environmental reviews of logging projects on more than half of the country’s national forests, including a large part of the western Upper Peninsula, in the vicinity of Ottawa National Forest, and several smaller areas in the eastern Upper Peninsula are ...

Children’s author visits UP

GLADSTONE — Students at Cameron Elementary School were treated to a visit from children’s author and illustrator Aaron Zenz recently. The Michigan-based creator read books of his own design to the kids, discussed what his job entails, made the children laugh with a drawing demonstration ...

Tech Announces Policy Changes

HOUGHTON — On April 7, the Undergraduate Student Government at Michigan Tech hosted a Q&A session on the policy changes brought on by President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders. The panel included Vice President of Student Affairs Laura Bulleit, Dean of Students Kelly Raffaelli, ...

DOGE terminates humanities funding in Michigan

MARQUETTE — The Department of Government Efficiency has made serious funding cuts to programs and services affecting Michigan. DOGE terminated and rescinded all funding to Michigan Humanities, one of the 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils funded in part by the National Endowment ...

The Write Stuff

CALUMET — Sophomore Grace Dee of Calumet High School took second place in the Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest with her work to be published in their anthology. Dee is also the Silver Key regional winner in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards within the short story category. The ...

Feeding the hungry

ONTONAGON — Feeding America West Michigan is coming back to Ontonagon throughout 2025 providing a variety of foods, including fresh produce and dairy, with every mobile food pantry stop. Copper Shores Community Health Foundation is partnering with Ontonagon Area School District and the ...