I got home early enough from my job last Friday night that my mom was still awake. She had a story for me about her day but didn’t take photos because she was worried “I’d put it in the paper.” Good guess, because hell yeah I’d put this in the paper — my 86-year-old mom handled ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Menominee County led the way in Upper Peninsula spring turkey harvests, according to data from Michigan's Turkey Harvest Report Summary. In the first year of mandatory reporting, the Department of Natural Resources reports 289 toms taken in Menominee County during the ...

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 ...