×

News

SONCO millage on ballot Aug. 6

Front Page

ONTONAGON — The April closure of Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital left the county with no emergency room or inpatient treatment. That’s meant many more miles for SONCO Ambulance Services, which provides emergency coverage for Ontonagon County. In the August primary, voters will decide on an ...

Bay Ambulance seeks support

Front Page

The ballots for Baraga, L’Anse, Covington, Arvon and Laird Townships within Baraga County on Aug. 6’s Primary will ask voters if they wish to increase millage rates to sustain the Bay Ambulance service. The increase will vary by the individual township. The increase in revenue for the ...

Survey: Yooper accent difficult to understand

Local News

According to a recent survey from Guide2Fluency, the Yooper accent is one of the most difficult for artificial intelligence to interpret.  The online language organization surveyed 3,000 Americans to learn how AI understands various accents across our country. The most commonly ...

Do you have Social Media Stockholm Syndrome?

Life

Stockholm Syndrome is a condition that causes hostages to develop a psychological bond with their captors. It can lead to captives feeling empathy or loyalty to their captors, even if they’re treated poorly. Does this sound familiar? You may be experiencing similar feelings surrounding your ...

Learning to fly fish

Outdoors

Copper Harbor — On Tuesday evening, the Calumet-Keweenaw Sportsmen’s Club and Keweenaw National Historical Park hosted their last joint fishing event of the year at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park. Fishing Discovery: Fly Tying and Fly Fishing was put together to introduce knowledge ...