Category Archives: Local News
Upper Peninsula Marine earns Michigan Veteran of the Year Award for service working with veterans
This story was produced by My UP News Correspondent Jessica Goska, find the original story here. When Jim Provost returned home to the Upper Peninsula from his military service in 1969, he knew he wan...
Jan 09, 2025
MTEC SmartZone adds Mary Kate Ahles to its team as a Marketing Manager
The MTEC SmartZone announces a new addition to the business incubator's team. Earlier this week MTEC SmartZone announced it has hired Mary Kate Ahles as a Marketing Manager. Ahles graduated from the U...
Jan 09, 2025
Houghton Police records fewer calls for service than before the COVID pandemic, Houghton approves transit budget
Houghton's police department has recorded fewer complaints in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2024 the Houghton Police Department responded to 2,890 calls for service. A large number of ...
Jan 09, 2025
Upper Peninsula Regional Blood Center hosts four donation sites in the western Upper Peninsula during January
Starting the year strong makes a difference. The Upper Peninsula Regional Blood Center wants to start 2025 strong too. This month in the western upper peninsula the center plans to host three donation...
Jan 08, 2025
InventCon registration opens for Copper Country students
Some students from the Copper Country may go on to invent solutions to challenges facing today's communities. But everyone has to start somewhere. InventCon at Superior MakersFest 2025 has officially ...
Jan 08, 2025
Finnish American Folk School passes on skills from Finland leading up to Heikinpaiva
Excitement about Hancock has been growing since the first storm dropped snow into the Copper Country. The same is true for Heikinpaiva's cultural festivities at the end of January. Each year, the Finn...
Jan 08, 2025
Michigan Republicans share Sen. McBroom 2019 statements on the new cage-free egg law
This story was produced by My UP News correspondent Andrew Lorinser, find the original story here. Following the recent enactment of legislation mandating all egg-laying hens in Michigan to be cage-fr...
Jan 08, 2025
The National Forest Service limits the Ontonagon Ranger District Office hours for the foreseeable future
The Ottawa National Forest Ontonagon Ranger District Office will only open on Wednesdays for the foreseeable future. The US national forest will limit the Ontonagon district office of the Ottawa Natio...
Jan 08, 2025
Ottawa National Forest plans prescribed burns near Dinner Lake Road
This story was produced by My UP News, find the original story here. During the week of Mon. Jan. 6, fire staff at the Ottawa National Forest say they plan to start pile-burning operations along Dinne...
Jan 07, 2025
United States Coast Guard begins ice-breaking operations in the Great Lakes
The United States Coast Guard has begun its ice-breaking operations in Lake Superior. Operation Taconite seeks to prevent newly formed ice from hindering commercial vessel traffic. USCG Cutter Mackina...
Jan 07, 2025 The Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, escorts the motor vessel Calumet through Lake Michigan near Lansing Shoal, Feb. 2, 2014. The cutter was operating as part of Operation Taconite, which is the ice breaking operation for the northern Great Lakes. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Daniel R. Michelson)
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