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Life

Advancing Community Projects

MARQUETTE — Three Upper Michigan college students have been selected to participate in the third cohort of NMU's Rural Leadership Fellowship Program, a public-private partnership with InvestUP that promotes immersive, project-based learning while also supporting U.P. economic and community ...

It’s a secret!

HANCOCK — How do you think about recipes? Are they universal tools that carry the same meaning and purpose for all, or are they personal reminders of a loved one or shared experience? Could they be all these things and more? For artist Emily Lanctot, they are the subject and inspiration for ...

Hometown roots, national reach

ESCANABA – From local sports coverage in the Upper Peninsula to bylines in The Athletic, owned by The New York Times, Eden Laase-Derouin has built a career that spans local reporting and national media. Laase-Berouin, 30, who professionally goes by Eden Laase, has held roles ranging from a ...

Looking back: Graham Jaehnig

For more than 10 years, I researched and wrote the weekly Daily Mining Gazette column, Copper Country’s Past & People. The Copper Country’s past was made by its people. Among the outstanding aspects of these people are their resilience, their strength, and the character, derived from ...

It’s cookie time!

EAU CLAIRE, WI —Girl Scouts are kicking off their cookie season by welcoming Exploremores™ to the cookie lineup. Girl Scouts throughout Central and Northern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula embark on the highly anticipated 2026 Girl Scout Cookie Program, channeling their ...

Happy Anniversary!

HANCOCK — The Quincy Mine Hoist Association (QMHA) announces a year-long celebration of its 65th anniversary, commemorating more than six decades of sustained commitment to the preservation, interpretation and public understanding of the Copper Country’s rich industrial and social ...