ESCANABA — Now in its 96th year, the Upper Peninsula State Fair is once again coming to the fairgrounds in Escanaba. Beginning the evening of Monday, Aug. 12, and running through Sunday, Aug. 18, the vendors, exhibitors, entertainers and attendees from near and far will contribute to the ...

KINGSFORD — Kingsford High School announces the schedule for scholarship recipients to pick up their checks at the high school. Scholarship checks can be picked up during the following days/hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Offices closed at noon for lunch. Recipients should ...

WAKEFIELD — The Michigan Department of Transportation is evaluating the traffic signal at the U.S.2/M-28, intersection in Wakefield, Gogebic County. This study will require placing the traffic signal into flash mode. Motorists should be aware of the change in the traffic pattern. The ...

HOUGHTON — A Superior, Wis., man died Thursday while diving at a shipwreck in Lake Superior off Isle Royale National Park, the National Park Service said. John Nousaine, 70, was diving on the stern section of the Emperor shipwreck where the depth area ranges from 100 to 150 feet, NPS said ...

ALGOMA, Wis. (AP) — Marine archaeologists have discovered the wreckage of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in the late 1800s. The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association announced this month that its searchers found the Margaret A. Muir in 50 feet of water off Algoma, Wisconsin, ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — A unique program is giving two dozen area students a six-week taste of the construction trades. The Building Trades Summer Camp opened July 8 at the Laborers Local 1329 Joint Apprenticeship Training Center, W8008 S. U.S. 2 in Iron Mountain, with 24 students enrolled in ...