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Monday: In Business | VIEW ALL

UPPER PENINSULA STATE BANK ANNOUNCES PLANS TO BUILD OFFICE IN HOUGHTON

MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula State Bank is pleased to announce their plans to expand their presence in the greater Houghton area. The Bank recently purchased property at 908 and 912 College Ave. in Houghton and has plans to build a full-service banking office to further serve the Copper ...

The bear NECESSITIES

MARQUETTE — What’s considered an authorative book on Michigan black bears is even better with the publication of the third edition of Understanding Michigan Black Bear. The new book has 78 more pages than the second edition and many more photographs. Four chapters have been added and all ...

Annual Outdoors Show held

MARQUETTE — The recent 29th annual U.P Boat, Sport and RV Show has come and gone and has seen thousands come to the Superior Dome in Marquette to enjoy the annual spring event. This show was the largest yet, and had over 65 vendors, four new power sports companies, food vendors, multiple ...

Eating disorder clinic closes

GREEN BAY, WIS. — Evolve Healing, host of the first eating disorder program in the Midwest, has officially closed as of Dec. 1. A representative from Evolve Healing’s parent Company, Optum, said Evolve healing was shut down “in response to local market conditions.” The statement also ...

Tuesday: Health | VIEW ALL

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My oldest son is married, and while I have always tried to maintain a good relationship with my daughter-in-law, it’s clear that she doesn’t like me. Despite this, I love my two grandchildren more than words can express and cherish every moment I get to spend with ...

Health matters – classic

Some medical topics are not for the faint of heart or those with a weaker stomach. One obvious example is that of chronic wounds and their care. As a specialist in foot and ankle medicine, I find this a fascinating topic which occupies a fair amount of my attention. Although not everyone’s ...

Talk with the Doc

In one of my previous columns, I reviewed some interesting fun facts about our great Lake Superior that certainly is a significant part of our great Upper Peninsula. Of course, Lake Michigan is also is very great part of our wonderful Upper Peninsula. We are certainly blessed to be here in ...

Legislation to improve health care data sharing may be approved

LANSING — Legislation to overhaul how health care providers share patient data is expected to be sent to the full House later this year, with supporters claiming it will save lives and reduce unnecessary clinic trips. Bills brought to the Committee on Health Policy by Reps. Julie Rogers, ...

Wednesday: Learning | VIEW ALL

Opinion/commentary

LANSING — There is no doubt that a free and independent press is under brutal assault in the United States. There are threats and online stalking of reporters, banning The Associated Press from official White House events and news conferences because the news agency still calls the Gulf of ...

Opinion/commentary

Every child deserves a safe place to live and the opportunity to reach their full potential. But housing prices continue to rise and pandemic relief measures that aided families have expired. Homelessness is climbing: the U.S. set a record for homelessness in 2024, with children seeing the ...

Thursday: Boomers & Beyond | VIEW ALL

SAULT TRIBE OFFERS VARIETY OF SERVICES TO ELDERLY MEMBERS

MARQUETTE — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians’ Elder Service Division is designed to provide tribal elders with the best possible programming to meet their needs, promote healthy living opportunities and improve their daily lives. These programs provide high quality in-home, ...

Trump administration makes public files related to JFK assassination

DALLAS (AP) — Unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday evening. About 2,200 files consisting of over 63,000 pages were posted on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The vast majority of the ...

Senior nutrition

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is joining with the federal Administration for Community Living and senior nutrition service providers in celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the Senior Nutrition Program as part of March for Meals Month, according to a press ...

MDHHS urges vaccinations as respiratory cases rise in Michigan

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services encourages Michigan residents to get vaccinated, as increases in flu, COVID-19 and RSV activity have been observed and are expected to continue. At the end of December, trends in respiratory illness reached the highest levels ...

Friday: Outdoors | VIEW ALL

Outdoors North

It was in the very early morning hours when I slipped outside the back door to the yard to look at the “blood moon,” a full lunar eclipse which casts the moon’s face in a rusty red tint. Just a couple steps out there, I was disappointed to see the moon shrouded in a thick white woolen ...

New research offers hope in the war against the emerald ash borer

MARQUETTE — Every fall for years, Deborah McCullough and her husband fished salmon from Western Michigan’s Betsie River. “It’s a little river, and it was shaded, and you knew there was going to be big salmon in the deep spot over there under the shade,” she said. But all that ...

EGLE to focus on resource protection

LANSING — Lead line replacement, cleaning up contamination, increasing government transparency, and strengthening the state’s energy infrastructure are a few of the priorities represented in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget. The Michigan Department of Environment, ...

Outdoors North

The night was strange with wild winds swirling and twirling. I stood out there with rain falling on me. There was still more than three feet of snow on the ground. From behind the ghost-like clouds that were gliding around the heavens, I could see the shine of the moon trying to break ...

Saturday: Weekend | VIEW ALL

Historically speaking: Jackson House register shows humor of the time

By Virginia Paulson Negaunee Historical Society There hasn’t been a hotel in Negaunee for a number of years, but it wasn’t always that way. When. the founding of Negaunee came through the operations of the Jackson Iron Company and their discoveries of iron ore in the Teal Lake region. ...

Trappers convention coming to Escanaba

By Journal Staff ESCANABA — The largest trapping event in North America, the National Trappers Association Convention and Outdoor Show, will be July 27-29 at the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. Many legendary trappers from around the U.S. will sell their wares, giving ...

Celebrating a quarter century: Lake Superior Theater looks for the light

Twenty five years ago, a group of Marquette residents decided to make a boathouse on Lake Superior into a theater. The first show to debut on that stage was an original musical written by Northern Michigan University professor and playwright Shelley Russell called ‘Beacon on the Rock.’ ...

Sunday: Our Youth | VIEW ALL

Dandelion Cottage Award winners announced

By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association is extremely pleased to announce the winners of the Sixth Annual Dandelion Cottage Award. The award recognizes U.P. student short story writers of excellence in grades 5 through 12. The Dandelion Cottage ...

Studying Feminist Art History in New York City

By LILY DIXON 8-18 Media MARQUETTE — Zoë Buckman was wearing a blue page boy cap along with a red and green top and a dozen necklaces. She somehow made it all work, and she absolutely rocked it. I had seen her nontraditional artwork online, but I never imagined I would meet her or tour ...

Survey suggests little progress in U.S. teen vaping

By MIKE STOBBE and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press NEW YORK — The latest government study on teen vaping suggests there's been little progress in keeping e-cigarettes out of the hands of kids. The data seems to show more high school students vaping, with 14% saying they had done so ...

Marquette native gets fellowship for research in Rwanda

MARQUETTE — Chloe Hale of Marquette has been awarded the $25,000 Raoul Wallenberg Fellowship. A University of Michigan double major in political science and social theory in practice, Hale will spend a year in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital and largest city, to explore the theory that health ...

House To Home | VIEW ALL

Be patient and don’t be intimidated by growing a bonsai tree

Growing a bonsai is more than just caring for a miniature tree -- it’s an art, a craft and an ancient meditative practice. Originating in China thousands of years ago, bonsai was later adapted by Japanese growers who further developed it into the bonsai we know today. Translated to “plant ...

What’s butte style?

BUTTE, Montana — Contemporary and traditional home furnishings are always in style, but Rad Popovich, merchandise manager at Steele’s in Butte, said that some non-traditional woods, new colors and furniture styles are interesting. When it comes to wood, people are looking for something ...

A healthy resolution for 2025? Start a garden. Tips for beginners

January is traditionally a month for fresh starts and resolutions, many of which center around self-care. And if you’ve spent any time watching television or scrolling social media this month, you’ve likely been bombarded with diet and exercise pitches. But there’s another route to ...

If you’re talking CONCRETE

(AP) — The Pantheon. The Panama Canal. The Hoover Dam. When you think of concrete, you might imagine great feats of engineering, or at least highway overpasses and other sturdy, stolid structures. But concrete has become a stylish medium in the home, thanks to interior designers and ...

Gas tank getaways | VIEW ALL

Michigamme & Three Lakes area: Gateways to abundant waters

Serving as gateway communities on either side of the Marquette-Baraga county line, Michigamme and Three Lakes are places tied indelibly to the waters of peaceful and picturesque inland lakes. This is a land of shoreline cottages, pontoon and fishing boats, swimmers, anglers, campers, ...

Copper Country adventure

Houghton and Keweenaw counties exhibit a vast historical mining heritage and unmistakable exquisite beauty fanned out from the west to the northeast over what is commonly referred to as the “Copper Country.” The copper mining tradition here is displayed prominently in the holdings of the ...

Summertime on the southern shoreline

Across southern portions of Schoolcraft and Delta counties, U.S. 2 skirts the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline, providing access to a range of places to explore for everyone from campers and birdwatchers to boaters, history buffs and anglers. The city of Manistique, the county seat in ...

Rest, relax & refresh

If you’ve ever pictured yourself riding up a highway along some beautiful windswept coastline, to the top of a mountain with a commanding view, then you may well enjoy the magnificent beauty of the Keweenaw Peninsula. From just outside Mass City in Ontonagon County, M-26 winds north through ...

Saturday: Food & Drink | VIEW ALL

Rustic chicken alla cacciatora doesn’t need tomatoes

Tomatoes are non-negotiable in Americanized versions of chicken alla cacciatora, but it’s a different story in Umbria, a region in central Italy. Instead of tomatoes, the rustic chicken braise gets its flavor from lemon, olives, garlic and herbs. Capers also are customary, but for this ...

Maple syrup season came weeks early

DEERBROOK, Wis. (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn’t need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There’s no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples. There, pails already hang beneath spiles in the trunks that have started dripping sap. And the ground is ...

One-pan lemony chicken traybake is the antidote to post-holiday craziness

With labor-intensive holiday meals out of the way, this week calls for ease — without sacrificing flavor. Which is why traybakes are the perfect antidote. Only 15 minutes of active work and just one pan to clean are all you need to transform simple chicken and potatoes into a satisfying ...

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‘Snow White’ is no poisoned apple but it doesn’t whistle

Mirror mirror on the wall, what’s the fairest Disney live-action remake of them all? Wait, mirror. Hold on a second. Maybe choosing from the likes of “Alice in Wonderland” (2010), “Mulan” (2020) and “The Lion King” (2019) isn’t such a good idea. Mirror, on second thought, ...

Soderbergh’s sleek spy thriller ‘Black Bag’ crackles

If you’re hosting a dinner for half a dozen British intelligence agents with the aim of ferreting out a mole, what should you cook? For George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender), who’s preparing for four colleagues, plus himself and his wife, Kathryn St. Jean (Cate Blanchett), who, like him, ...