FELCH TOWNSHIP — Six Mile Lake again has nesting loons, raising the possibility a chick might be produced for a second straight year. While scanning the small side pool where the lake flows into Six Mile Creek, I thought I caught sight of a loon in the water. That, to my embarrassment, ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — This time of year is a border resident's delight. Today and Sunday is the annual Free Fun Weekend in Wisconsin, which means state park admission fees, fishing licenses and trail passes are waived for both residents and nonresidents. Next weekend is Three Free Weekend in ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The U.P. Whitetails of Dickinson County will have its 2026 general membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bianco's Fitness Center in Kingsford. Election of officers will take place. All nominations should be put in writing for the office of president, vice ...

A busy day job and full life mean it doesn’t happen as often as he’d like, but when the weather and trail conditions are just right – and were they ever this past winter – a certain route on the Keweenaw Peninsula calls out to passionate snowmobiler Ryan LaPorte. “I’ll take off ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Next weekend is the annual Free Fun Weekend in Wisconsin, which means state park admission fees, fishing licenses and trail passes are waived for both residents and nonresidents. Michigan's Three Free Weekend — where residents and nonresidents can grab a fishing rod, ...

Another year has brought another online debate — and warnings — about providing grape jelly for the orioles. But there’s a new wrinkle I recently learned that I feel compelled to pass along. In the past I’ve reprinted information about feeding jelly from an interview I had in 2019 ...