MARQUETTE — The “big bear” of Upper Peninsula festivals returns Saturday, April 11, for its 12th year after taking a brief hiatus in 2025 due to the opening of The Trestle Building. Ore Dock Brewing Company’s Festival of the Angry Bear is a spirited and much-anticipated street ...

QUINNESEC — Despite the weather forecast, most local Easter Egg Hunts remain on track, though perhaps at a different venue, organizers said. All area children age 11 and younger are invited to the town of Quinnesec’s second-annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday on the baseball field off ...

Very difficult travel conditions are possible as freezing rain is expected in the Upper Peninsula tonight into Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said. A winter storm watch will be in effect from 7 tonight until 10 a.m. Saturday. The forecast for the Iron Mountain area calls for ...

An ice storm warning remains in effect until 1 p.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service said. "Power outages and tree damage are likely due to the ice," forecasters said. "Travel could be difficult." Total snow and sleet accumulations less than one inch and ice accumulations between 0.3 ...

A 2021 overdose death in the city of Niagara, Wis., has resulted in an 18-year prison sentence for one of five codefendants in the case, according to Marinette County District Attorney DeShea D. Morrow. The other four codefendants in the case were previously sentenced for their connection to ...