Sixty-three-year-old Paul Boehm of Ontonagon is lucky to be alive today after falling repeatedly through the weakening ice of Lake Gogebic Wednesday afternoon. At about 4:30 p.m. CDT, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers Jennifer Hanson and Zach Painter were notified ...
In early May 1959, a small group of Michigan State Police troopers practiced their diving and recovery methods, probing the clear, cold waters of the state’s largest natural spring, located 12 miles northwest of Manistique — the Big Spring called Kitch-iti-kipi. Outfitted with wool ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Keyes Peak Uphill Truck Drags take center stage today with racing from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the ski hill on Highway 101 about 3 miles south of Florence, Wis. Organizers expect several thousand people to attend. The event, now in its fifth year, features side by ...
A pair of trumpeter swans took advantage of the open water on Six Mile Lake during the unusually warm weather earlier this week; by Thursday, the single-digit temperatures had the area again covered with ice. It’s likely to reopen again as temperatures trend back up next week, which could ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The 26th annual Sportsman’s Seminar and Supper will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Iron Mountain Central Middle School gym and cafeteria, 300 W. Hughitt St. Seminars and displays will be featured until 5 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5:15 p.m. Ross Crowe will ...
LANSING — The state of Michigan announced Friday that 31 projects will share $3.6 million in grants through the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program. This cycle marks the MISGP’s 10th anniversary. To date, over $36 million has been awarded to support 269 projects undertaken by units ...