Start protecting your favorite places. The Michigan Invasive Species Program is joining the North American Invasive Species Management Association to promote PlayCleanGo Awareness Week, taking place this year from June 14 through Saturday. The annual event aims to educate outdoor ...

Eighty-one years ago Friday was the start of the end of World War II in Europe: D-Day. The invasion of Normandy began on that day in 1944, launching the largest seaborne invasion in history as Allied forces stormed Western Europe. When it was over, thousands of troops had perished in the ...

Anyone familiar with the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin knows this is bear country. But with this being a free weekend to go to state parks on both sides of the border, it doesn’t hurt to hear ways to better avoid attracting a large, hungry visitor when out in the woods or on the ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has updated guidelines regarding the safe consumption of fish. The Eat Safe Fish Guides provide consumption guidelines for eating locally caught fish. Guidelines are based on levels of chemicals found in the portions of fish that people eat ...

Planning to take advantage of the free fishing weekend — no license required — that is set for Saturday and Sunday in both Michigan and Wisconsin? The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has a reminder: Take care not to potentially carry invasive species in or out of lakes, rivers, ...

The Marquette County Health Department confirmed a case of measles in a Marquette County resident Thursday. A second Marquette County case has since surfaced, along with one in Ontonagon County in a person with ties to Marquette County. Because the virus that causes measles can remain ...