Earlier this week, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced that they will be conducting a study, along with Northern Michigan University and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, to try and get answers as to why the moose population of the Upper Peninsula is stagnating. The study ...

For many, Super Bowl Sunday is one of the best days of the year. For those lucky enough to have their favorite team playing in the big game, it is a nervewracking experience but for everyone else, Super Bowl Sunday represents an experience that has become almost unheard of in this day and ...

A page one story in Wednesday’s Mining Journal highlighted what we believe is an outstanding program from the Marquette-Alger Regional Education Service Agency. The program assists students who are living with disabilities to transition into other phases of life. The story, penned by ...

If you’re an avid hunter looking to improve the habitat on your property, there is help available. The application period for the Upper Peninsula’s Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative competitive grant program is now open. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...

As the tax filing season begins, residents who are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit are reminded that Michigan’s EITC was boosted in 2023. Public Act 4 of 2023 expanded the Michigan EITC from 6% of the federal EITC to 30%. This credit expansion is retroactive to the 2022 tax ...

Despite the last two years where the UP200 was canceled due to uncooperative weather, all indications are that the 2025 UP200 will be going ahead as scheduled. The UP200 and the two other associated dogsled races are scheduled to get underway Thursday Feb. 13 and will continue throughout the ...