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Analysis warns state’s 2025 road deal may fall short, arrive late

Michigan’s recently passed road funding measures have various pitfalls and oversights that might lead to the money not being delivered on time, while also making it difficult to predict if the legislation will actually improve statewide road and bridge infrastructure. Those findings were ...

Elle Jay Studio promotes mental wellness with physical treatments

MANISTIQUE — Elle Jay Aesthetic Studio in Manistique is a spa created to provide Upper Peninsula residents with wellness treatments that make them feel better about themselves. Visiting is a luxurious experience that all sorts of people are welcome to enjoy, founder Laura Everhart ...

Gun deer harvest drops in UP and statewide in 2025

IRON MOUNTAIN — Michigan’s statewide firearm deer harvest is down about 5% from a year ago with local counties dropping more than that. In Dickinson County, the total reported harvest of 1,038 represents an 18% drop. Iron County, with a harvest of 1,070, was down nearly 10%. Menominee ...

Public attitudes toward wolves split in the Upper Peninsula

LANSING – Public attitudes toward wolves are split in the Upper Peninsula, a new study finds, with more than 60% of residents surveyed favoring reducing wolf abundance, motivated mostly by worry about risks to livestock, white-tailed deer and human safety. However, those who valued the ...

Landmark House of Ludington burns in downtown Escanaba

ESCANABA — The latest casualty in a plague of fires that has befallen the Delta County seat was a historic building that has been called the “crown jewel of Escanaba” – the House of Ludington, left severely damaged after a blaze broke out Friday morning. General Manager Tyler DuBord ...