The Detroit News has named the 2025 Michiganian of the Year. Rolf Peterson is a Yooper and professor emeritus at Michigan Technological University. He is also a leading wolf biologist who has been part of the longest-running predator-prey study in history on Isle Royale, which began in 1958. Peterson retired from his MTU teaching position … Read more
The Detroit News has named the 2025 Michiganian of the Year. Rolf Peterson is a Yooper and professor emeritus at Michigan Technological University. He is also a leading wolf biologist who has been part of the longest-running predator-prey study in history on Isle Royale, which began in 1958. Peterson retired from his MTU teaching position … Read more
Saturday saw the 71st annual Copper Country Firefighters Tournament, hosted by the Laurium Fire Department. The day included races, a parade, and then a Firefighters Ball. Once a year, the 34 departments in the Copper Country Volunteer Firefighters Association get together to compete. Thirteen of those departments were participating in the races. Dan Zubiena, Laurium … Read more
Saturday saw the 71st annual Copper Country Firefighters Tournament, hosted by the Laurium Fire Department. The day included races, a parade, and then a Firefighters Ball. Once a year, the 34 departments in the Copper Country Volunteer Firefighters Association get together to compete. Thirteen of those departments were participating in the races. Dan Zubiena, Laurium … Read more
The 2025 Samsons Volleyball Skills Camp will be held in the Lindquist Student and Conference Center gymnasium on the campus of Gogebic Community College July 27th. The camp is open to boys and girls grades 5-12 and will be directed by Samsons Volleyball Coaches McKenzie Sharrow and Erika Buchanan with assistance from other Samsons coaching … Read more
Some 70 racers competed in over 100 races during the second annual Sweetest Wake on Sunday Lake this weekend. The event, was hosted again this year by the International Watercross Association, along with the non-profit Wakefield Encourages Community Athletics Recreation Entertainment or WECARE. Watercross required a special build of snowmobile, which can take hundreds of … Read more
Tourism in Vilas County in 2024 continued to be on the rise according to the State Department of Tourism. Visitors spent just under $303 million in Vilas County, which is $1.8 million more than 2023. Tourism also counted as Vilas County’s largest industry, supporting over 2100 jobs and bringing in almost $30 million in state … Read more
A local agency is slated to share in more than $2.6 million dollars of funding through the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential or MiLEAP. 14 Family child Care Network hubs will share in that funding, including Community Coordinated Child Care Association of the Upper Peninsula, which will receive $85,000 to help improve … Read more
Last week, the Oneida County Planning and Devleopment Committee once again denied Kirk Bangstad’s application for a conditional use permit or CUP to open a beer garden at his Minocqua Brewing Company. While Bangstad’s attorney proffered argument that he was almost fulfilling the conditions of a previous CUP that had been revoked, committee chairman Scott … Read more
The Iron County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man from Crystal Falls after he fired a weapon during an argument with his neighbor. Deputies were dispatched to a report by a neighbor Tuesday evening and when the arrived on the scene were told one of the two parties in the argument had discharged a weapon and … Read more