NORWAY — A Norway Elementary School third grader is inching closer to being named “America’s Most Artistic Kid” in a national competition tied to the late Bob Ross and his “The Joy of Painting” television show. Odin Plourde is in the top 1% of all competitors moving into the ...

FLORENCE, Wis. — Since taking over Docks-N-Moor of Florence in 2019, Anthony Krans and Andy Anderson have expanded the business to include everything to do with landscaping. The company was founded by Anthony's parents, Tom and Kathi Krans, in 1999. Tom had been working in the ...

KINGSFORD — The Dickinson County Community Chorus and the Iron Mountain Area Clergy Association will have the annual Holy Tuesday service beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday at American Martyrs Catholic Church, 908 W. Sagola Ave. in Kingsford. The ecumenical service consists of scripture readings ...

COPPER HARBOR — The Upper Peninsula Dark Sky Festival is returning to Copper Harbor for its fourth year running from April 16-18 at the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge. The event, which takes place during International Dark Sky Week, seeks to celebrate the beauty of natural darkness, the science ...

Just off a state highway in northern Wisconsin, Bad River tribal member Joe Bates flies his drone over the path of the Line 5 reroute proposed by Canadian energy firm Enbridge. “They have a big right-of-way that they’ve cut down, laid all the trees down,” Bates said. Trees lie in a ...

ST. IGNACE — A semi-truck driver was arrested on the Mackinac Bridge after Michigan State Police discovered multiple illegal weapons and other violations during a traffic stop. At about 6:48 p.m. Wednesday, a Motor Carrier Officer from the MSP St. Ignace Post observed a semi-truck, hauling ...