HOUGHTON — If current trends continue, the 2025-26 winter season could surpass last year’s total snowfall of 315.25 inches, the fourth-snowiest winter on record. As of Friday, the snowfall total for the 2025-2026 season so far was at 105.25 inches, according to Visit Keweenaw. The ...

ESCANABA — When the seasons change in the Upper Peninsula, entirely new sources of fun emerge. In the winter, outdoor activities exist in Delta County for enthusiasts of various hobbies. Residents and visitors alike enjoy taking tubing to the next level on downhill runs in Gladstone, ...

ESCANABA — After months of bed bug complaints, management at the Harbor Tower Apartments has secured a new pest control company to try to get rid of the problem at the subsidized housing complex in Escanaba. An Orkin affiliate in Green Bay has been hired to do the job, particularly ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Michigan’s minimum wage went up by $1.25 an hour Thursday under a new state law that sped up planned base rate increases but scaled ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country, President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States would run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to ...

ST. IGNACE — A 61-year-old man from downstate Michigan died Saturday afternoon in a snowmobile crash in Mackinac County. Troopers from the Michigan State Police St. Ignace Post were called just before 1 p.m. Saturday to Bay City Lake Road near Trail 47 in Clark Township, according to an MSP ...