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The Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park attracts people from all over the Midwest for its expansive beauty and incredible recreation opportunities. Even in the winter visitors pack up the car and travel long distances to explore one of the region’s most isolated areas of wilderness. In just a couple of …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School On the boys high school basketball schedule tonight… Houghton tips off at Lake Linden-Hubbell. Jeffers visits L’Anse. Forest Park plays at West Iron County, with coverage on WIKB 99.1 FM. In girls-boys doubleheaders… Ontonagon hosts Watersmeet. Ewen-Trout Creek entertains …

The Keweenaw Peninsula has many people concerned for its environment and protecting the region’s natural resources. One of the most active groups in recent years, includes the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition. The organization works throughout the year to bring together individuals, businesses, and community organizations to secure permanent access to …

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announces the western Upper Peninsula Citizen Advisory Council will meet next week for a review of the 2024 deer rifle season, and look ahead into winter snow sports. The Western UP Citizens’ advisory commission will meet on December 12th from 6 to 8:30 pm …

Lake Linden official notify residents that garbage pick up will change during holidays later this month. Recently Lake Linden officials announced that garbage pick ups in the village for Christmas and New years will move from Tuesday Thursday. During Christmas week pickups will occur on the 26th and during New …

This story was produced by My UP News correspondent Jessica Goska, find the original story here. For the last six years, researchers at Michigan Technological University (MTU) have been making a PUSH for clean energy storage in the Upper Peninsula’s abandoned hard metal mines.  Timothy Scarlett and Roman Sidortsov, associate …

Enjoying the company of the community while supporting technical education scholarships with KEDA, the Keweenaw Young Professionals and the Chamber of Commerce sounds like holiday hoopla. Next week the groups will invite the community to the annual holiday hoopla celebration. KEDA Executive Director Jeff Ratcliffe says the exciting party includes …

Just in time for recreation trails to open, the Keweenaw received over 25 inches of snow in the past week. All of that powder will come to good use this weekend as the Swedetown Trails Club opens the recreation area to winter snow sports.0 The Season opener event is an …

Hancock Public School is one of 251 grantees awarded funding for the 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan Kids and Farms program in 2024 and 25. The state-funded program provides schools, early care, and education centers, and organizations working with the USDA Child Nutrition Program with grant funds to purchase …

Winter has started strong in 2024. Today the National Weather Service in Marquette posted its latest notice extending the winter storm warning into Baraga and southern Houghton Counties through the afternoon. The NWS forecast predicts more moderate to heavy snowfall accumulations caused by lake effect snow bands. Continuing to impact …