Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ America at 250 series with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. For more America at 250 stories, see page A7. COPPER COUNTRY — When most ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we stop ...

NASHUA, N.H. — John Hancock will forever be known as the first of 56 delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence, but Dr. Matthew Thornton of Londonderry, N.H., has the distinction of being the last delegate to leave his mark on one of America’s greatest documents. Born in Northern ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has demanded that Michigan's Wayne County turn over all its ballots from the 2024 election just weeks after it made similar requests in Georgia and Arizona. The earlier requests were for ballots and other records from 2020, the presidential election President ...

FLORENCE, Wis. — The Tavern on Central in Florence reopened Thursday after some renovation work that started on Easter Sunday. Owners Nancy and Mike Dulek installed new flooring, did some painting, cleaning and a few other touch-ups. There are six new high-top tables and chairs. Other ...

KINGSFORD — The Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District Technology Center will undergo a complete building renovation starting at the end of May or beginning of June. The majority of the work on the $6.4 million project will be completed over two summers. Gundlach Champion was awarded ...