The U.P. Honor Flight is a non-profit organization created to honor Upper Peninsula veterans by providing them transportation to and from Washington, D.C. so they can visit and reflect on the monuments standing in their honor.
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the relaunch of its online, community-informed, digital publication in the Upper Peninsula. UPword will focus on innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation, and community development, while featuring U.P.-based talent.
A restaurant in the Eastern Upper Peninsula is getting new life. Seney Crossing is in the rural community’s multipurpose building, which includes the local post office, an abandoned bank and space for a general store and commercial bakery.
Western section of the Iron Belle Trail near Ironwood draws outdoor enthusiasts and fans hopes for more trail development.
A new collaboration in Calhoun County has helped 135 missing people with dementia return safely home – and made life easier for their caregivers, local law enforcement, and health care providers.
The Ironwood Daily Globe, a newspaper based out of Ironwood, is dropping from a daily to a weekly. Since it will no longer be a daily newspaper, the publication will be called The Globe.
The Menominee City Council was deadlocked on a vote to allow another marijuana business within city limits. The vote on a resolution to allow a third marijuana sales location was tied 4-4, so the resolution failed.
A new specialty store, Copper Country Running Company, is moving into downtown Houghton. The store provides a small-town approach to retail in one of the fastest growing region of the Upper Peninsula.
The new effort aims to build community power, map local ecosystems, and provide equity training to reduce significant disparities in infant mortality.
“Sustainable fisheries management is imperative not only for the long-term health of the fisheries but for the Great Lakes ecosystem as a whole,” says Matt Womble, Saildrone director of ocean data programs.
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