NIAGARA, Wis. — Niagara’s first weekly newspaper hit the stands in 1902. Since then, editors have continued to tell the stories of the community in its hometown newspaper. The Niagara Area Historical Museum has created a new exhibit, “Print Communication in Niagara,” that ...
HOUGHTON — A wolf on Isle Royale that had been going into campsites for human food has been killed after other measures to discourage it failed, park officials said. Managers at the Lake Superior island became concerned earlier this summer with the activities of at least two wolves known to ...
ESCANABA — When Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II — who is running for governor in 2026 — came to the Upper Peninsula State Fair this week for the special luncheon Thursday on Honored Citizens Day, he said people he spoke with kept bringing up a handful of key issues. “I’ve been to all ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A very rare and apparently very confused subtropical wood stork somehow found its way to the wilds of Wisconsin. A hunter scouting for deer first sighted the bird Sunday in a remote section of the Mud Lake Wildlife Area in Columbia County, about 35 miles northeast of ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Fall turkey licenses are now on sale in Michigan with a quota of 2,200 for the Upper Peninsula. There is no longer a drawing for fall turkey licenses and a hunter can purchase one per year, valid for one turkey of any sex. Licenses will be sold until the quota is met. You ...
ESCANABA — Michigan Lt. Gov. Gilchrist recognized Raymond E. Carlson on Thursday for being named 2025 Upper Peninsula Veteran of the Year. Carlson, of Negaunee, was honored during a ceremony at the U.P. State Fair in Escanaba attended by Gilchrist and other state and local ...