The watch continues on whether Six Mile Lake’s loon pair will successfully hatch chicks this summer. A loon was still on nest Friday, roughly two weeks since I’d spotted one among the tall grasses and other vegetation in a narrow side pool where the lake flows into Six Mile Creek. While ...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources today is marking the 80th anniversary of the Northern Highland Fishery Research Area, one of the longest-running fisheries research projects in the world. Located in Vilas County and including the Northwoods lakes of Escanaba, Nebish, Pallette, ...
I got home early enough from my job last Friday night that my mom was still awake. She had a story for me about her day but didn’t take photos because she was worried “I’d put it in the paper.” Good guess, because hell yeah I’d put this in the paper — my 86-year-old mom handled ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Menominee County led the way in Upper Peninsula spring turkey harvests, according to data from Michigan's Turkey Harvest Report Summary. In the first year of mandatory reporting, the Department of Natural Resources reports 289 toms taken in Menominee County during the ...
FELCH TOWNSHIP — Six Mile Lake again has nesting loons, raising the possibility a chick might be produced for a second straight year. While scanning the small side pool where the lake flows into Six Mile Creek, I thought I caught sight of a loon in the water. That, to my embarrassment, ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The U.P. Whitetails of Dickinson County will have its 2026 general membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bianco's Fitness Center in Kingsford. Election of officers will take place. All nominations should be put in writing for the office of president, vice president, secretary and treasurer and mailed to: U.P. Whitetails Association of Dickinson County, Election of Officers, P.O. Box 335, Iron Mountain MI 49801.
