FELCH TOWNSHIP — A little drama played out Friday at Six Mile Lake. As he drove around the lake just after 12:30 p.m., Mike Buzzo noticed something moving on the ice. Or, more properly, in the water, head, shoulders and back just visible. A deer had fallen through and now was swimming ...
Sixty-three-year-old Paul Boehm of Ontonagon is lucky to be alive today after falling repeatedly through the weakening ice of Lake Gogebic Wednesday afternoon. At about 4:30 p.m. CDT, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers Jennifer Hanson and Zach Painter were ...
In early May 1959, a small group of Michigan State Police troopers practiced their diving and recovery methods, probing the clear, cold waters of the state’s largest natural spring, located 12 miles northwest of Manistique — the Big Spring called Kitch-iti-kipi. Outfitted with wool ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Keyes Peak Uphill Truck Drags take center stage today with racing from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the ski hill on Highway 101 about 3 miles south of Florence, Wis. Organizers expect several thousand people to attend. The event, now in its fifth year, features side by side uphill racing in six truck classes. Gates open at 8 a.m. A free shuttle bus is available from several sites in Florence, including Great North Bank, Florence High School and the visitor center. Admission is $10 for those ages 13 and up. For more, go to ...
A pair of trumpeter swans took advantage of the open water on Six Mile Lake during the unusually warm weather earlier this week; by Thursday, the single-digit temperatures had the area again covered with ice. It’s likely to reopen again as temperatures trend back up next week, which could ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The 26th annual Sportsman’s Seminar and Supper will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at the Iron Mountain Central Middle School gym and cafeteria, 300 W. Hughitt St. Seminars and displays will be featured until 5 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5:15 p.m. Ross Crowe will be the speaker at 6:15 p.m., discussing “Meaningful Fishing.” The event is sponsored and promoted by Family Baptist Church in Kingsford. The seminars and dinner are free, but a free-will offering is appreciated. There will also be door prizes for those present. Seminars include “Panfish ...
