Calumet and Hecla Mining Company’s ammonia

By: By GRAHAM JAEHNIG

(Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. For this ...

June 16, 2026

MSU Extension’s Conservation Stewards program returns in fall

By: By ANNIE LIPPERT

MARQUETTE — Michigan State University Extension’s Conservation Stewards Program is returning this fall for its 20th year across the state and for a second year in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Conservation Stewards Program is an ...

June 16, 2026

Federal wildfire bill may repeal national forest ‘roadless rule’

By: By DANIELLE KAEDING

An amendment added to a bipartisan wildfire bill in the U.S. Senate would end protections for millions of acres of roadless areas on national forest land, including in Wisconsin. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources ...

June 16, 2026

Norway student athletes saluted

By: Daily News staff

NORWAY — Owen Baij and Lauren Adams received senior athlete honors at Norway High School's awards and scholarship program. Baij was awarded the Quentin Nolte Trophy and Adams was presented with the Clarence “Towe” Castelaz ...

June 16, 2026

Despite success, White says 'never again' to fight night at White House

By: DAN GELSTON

WASHINGTON (AP) — By the time Justin Gaethje pummeled his bloodied foe to a pulp and celebrated a championship win with a backflip off the top of the wire-mesh cage, then shook hands with President Donald Trump — and even fist-bumped ...

June 16, 2026

2026-27 MHSAA officials registration underway

EAST LANSING — The Michigan High School Athletic Association is accepting registrations online for game officials for the 2026-27 school year. The MHSAA registered 9,330 officials for the 2025-26 school year, an increase of 4.9% from the ...

June 16, 2026