It’s October and the pace of change in the region is accelerating as winter draws closer. A wave of warblers — the majority the very common yellow-rumped, a mostly black, white and gray songbird with bright yellow patches — descended en masse on the yard in the last week of September and ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Wisconsin’s youth deer hunt will take place this weekend. Wisconsin hunters are reminded that any time a firearm deer season is taking place, including the youth deer hunt, at least 50% of all hunters’ clothing above the waist must be blaze orange or pink. This ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s archery deer season opens Tuesday with a high in the seasonable 60s expected — a bit cooler than recent days. A mild winter should translate into better fawn recruitment and more young deer in the woods, but some older bucks, too. Wildlife biologists ...

MARQUETTE — If you’re on the water in late September to early October, be on the lookout for Michigan Department of Natural Resources personnel conducting nighttime walleye recruitment surveys. Fisheries managers use these surveys to determine whether walleye that hatched in the spring ...

While picking up pizza and cat food, I found myself caught up in watching the gulls hanging around the parking lot of what used to be Kmart on Iron Mountain’s south side. They showed little fear of the passing vehicles as they marched across the blacktop, hunting for who knows what in the ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The U.P. Ice Fishing and Hunting Expo continues today and Sunday in and around the Ruth Butler Building on the Upper Peninsula State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. Hours today are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time. On Sunday, hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free, though ...