MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula teachers may submit short stories by students to the Dandelion Cottage Short Story Contest, organized by the U.P. Publishers and Authors Association, to win a cash prize. “Really, the Dandelion Cottage has given a new purpose to the UPPAA that was missing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader on Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump presented him with one of his first tests — an announcement that he intends to nominate controversial Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney ...

MARQUETTE — Four of the five counties with the highest need for food in Feeding America’s 40-county service area are located in the Upper Peninsula. That’s thousands of people who don’t have enough to eat and don’t know where their next meal will come from. And the need continues to ...

MARQUETTE — As license plate-reading cameras to fight crime become more common on Michigan roads, their use is raising concerns about personal privacy. These devices record plate numbers of passing vehicles and are different from cameras used to track traffic conditions. Typically ...

ONTONAGON — Last week, Richard Filbey, 62, of Ontonagon was sentenced recently to two years for embezzling funds from an elderly woman while acting as her power of attorney, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. In September, Filbey pled guilty to one count of embezzlement ...

LANSING — Today, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed six bills into law. These commonsense bills build on the Whitmer-Gilchrist administration’s commitment to ensuring everyone can “Make it in Michigan,” by cutting red tape and putting money back in Michiganders’ pockets. “Today, I ...