ESCANABA — Red O’Hearn will be joining other trapping experts at the 59th annual Trappers Convention /Outdoor Expo on July 9-10 at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. O’Hearn is from Iowa where he started trapping as a youngster. He has trapped in at least nine states and ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Today is the large and smallmouth bass opener in Michigan. When temperatures start to rise, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources suggests trying spinner baits in areas of bass cover, such as logs, boulders or weed patches. Temperature swings this past week have ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — An apparently homesick bear who was moved from an area in northwestern Michigan where he had raided bird feeders and trash cans has traveled about 90 miles back to the same location. A radio collar placed on the bear indicates he's back in Grand Traverse County ...

The seventh-grade science classes at Iron Mountain Schools again participated in the Salmon in the Classroom program. Students raise salmon and ultimately were responsible for their survival and release. This spring, 62 salmon were released in the Cedar River at Veterans Park in Powers.

MARQUETTE — Improvements at Little Presque Isle will require a closure at one of its entrances throughout the month of June, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said. The entrance to the Harlow Lake Pathway and parking area, located west of Wetmore Landing off Beagle Club Road, at ...

Mother’s Day brought an unexpected visitor to Six Mile Lake. It probably wasn’t the first time this particular bear had been in the backyard — a metal hopper-style bird feeder left out overnight by mistake a couple weeks earlier had ended up on the ground, one side’s perches twisted ...