Copper Harbor profiled as travel destination
Copper Harbor is a lot of things: a great little town with wonderful people; an excellent place to do some fishing; and, now, a travel destination. Of course, it’s always […]
Western Region
Yooper Steez: 9,000 Year-old tool discovered in Hermansville
A 9,000-year-old tool was discovered by researchers in Delta County not too long ago, as noted in this post that originally appeared on Yooper Steez. How much you want to bet it was used for either cutting venison or making pasties?
Not your grandmother’s milk–Well, yeah, it kind of is
Tracy and Terry DeBacker are combining generations of dairy experience with the local-food trend to succeed in a family dairy business in the western Upper Peninsula. That cream-top milk you've been seeing in the grocery store? These are the people that make it, and how they do it.
UPSide of Life: Nothing is quite like Trenary Toast
It's a crunch, followed by a wonderful flavor burst of cinnamon and sugar--why, yes, that is Trenary Toast, one of the Upper Peninsula's most beloved snacks. If you have never tried it, you don't know what you're missing. Just ask Sam Eggleston, who drools over the product in this week's UPside of Life.
U.P. jazz master’s latest discs reviewed
Source: The Detroit Free Press
Fonz praises U.P. fishing
Source: The Detroit Free Press
First a book and now a feature-length movie? The U.P. is getting put in the spotlight
Written by a Yooper and set in the Upper Peninsula, Ron Riekki's book, U.P. has locals anxiously awaiting the production of a feature-length film shot right in their backyard. Second Wave's Victoria Peters talks book tours and screenplays with Steven Wiig, a Negaunee native whose gung-ho attitude has gotten the ball rolling to make the movie happen here in Michigan.
Social media and entrepreneurship are key combination for success in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Social media, to some, is a wonderful addition to the small business world, but for others it is an absolute nightmare to try and figure out. Upper Peninsula Second Wave guest writer Jason Edward White talks about social media and what it can mean for an Upper Peninsula business.
