All Upper Peninsula J.C. Penney stores are closing. The retailer has announced it will close 138 stores nationwide, including seven stores in Michigan. Four of those stores are in the U.P….with locations in Escanabe, Kingsford, Sault Ste. Marie and at the Copper Country Mall in Houghton. The closing represents 13 …

The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR) recently completed a draft of the updated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties. WUPPDR, as a condition of its designation and funding as a regional district of the United States Economic Development Administration, …

Michigan Technological University will host the annual Preview Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at various locations across campus. The focus is on undergraduate students who have been accepted for admission and are in the process of making their final college decision. The day includes sessions and interactions …

Michigan Technological University President Glenn D. Mroz testified before the Michigan House Appropriations Subcommittee for Higher Education Thursday. Among his topics were: The upward mobility of Michigan Tech graduates. “The chance of a student moving from the bottom 20 percent of household income to the top 20 percent of household …

When the Copper Country combines the celebration of St. Urho’s and St. Patrick’s Day this evening, they will be joined by a star of Finnish television. Helsinki native Antti Holma is visiting several countries with a documentary film crew to see how Finnish people in other parts of the world are …

When the seven commissioners of the Natural Resources Commission meet in April, they will discuss the growth of the U.P. antlerless deer population. Two of the seven NRC commissioners are from the Upper Peninsula. John Matonich is from Bessemer and J.R. Richardson is from Ontonagon. Both men have been closely …

Four people are in custody following a drug bust in Houghton County Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team conducted an investigation that led to the arrest Thursday of the four suspects related to the delivery of heroin and firearm violations. Over the past several weeks, UPSET Detectives have …

It might be the luck of the Irish, but a woman in the Upper Peninsula has a shamrock plant that’s 46 years old. 62-year-old Nancy Magnusson, of Germfask, got the plant from her grandmother Adeline Clark, of Newberry, back in 1970. Magnusson, who’s part Irish, has managed to keep the …

A state House committee has passed legislation which subjects lawmakers and the governor’s office to Freedom of Information and open records laws. State Representative Beau LaFave says local units of government already comply with such laws. The Iron Mountain Republican says there’s no reason his and the governor’s office shouldn’t.

As the President’s 2018 fiscal year budget cuts funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan is calling for funding restoration. She says a lot has been done to clean up the Lakes’ contaminated areas, address algae blooms and prevent invasive species. Stabenow says they …