IRON MOUNTAIN — For decades, Guy Forstrom of Quinnesec has been preserving part of local history — one bag of charcoal, one grill and one advertisement at a time. Now, that extensive collection of Ford and Kingsford charcoal artifacts have a permanent home with the Menominee Range ...

The Upper Peninsula jobless rate saw little change in March as the number of jobless workers rose by 200 since February and the estimated size of the labor force dipped, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget. “Michigan labor markets ...

A new annual report that surveys the health of Michigan’s forest says 2025 was a year of “progress and challenges.” Every year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources compiles a forest health report that details new and existing threats to those forests. In the 2025 edition of ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) A state appeals panel on Thursday upheld the bulk of Michigan's regulations limiting local control over renewable energy projects, while rejecting ...

While the cold weather and northwest wind flow appeared to put a damper on major spring migration movement this past week, the region already has had some surprises show up. Whitefish Point — known as a birding hotspot each spring and fall because it extends into Lake Superior, creating a ...