Michigan teen from Ishpeming makes prom dress out of Starburst wrappers
I remember making little chains out of Starburst wrappers when I was a kid, but building an entire garment with them? That's what Diane McNease of Ishpeming High School has done. WLUC-TV produced a...
View ArticleHuron Mountain Club files federal lawsuit against Upper Peninsula mine
A private club in the Upper Peninsula has filed suit to stop the construction of a new mine in Marquette County. It’s the first federal lawsuit to attempt to stop the project. The nickel and copper...
View ArticleWildfire burning in the Upper Peninsula
SENEY, Mich. (AP) - Officials say a wildfire in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has burned at least 600 acres of a wildlife refuge. The Mining Journal of Marquette and WLUC-TV report the fire at Seney...
View ArticleWildfire in the U.P. burns 3,200 acres
SENEY, Mich. (AP) - Officials say a wildfire believed to have been triggered by lightning has expanded to at least 3,200 acres of a wildlife refuge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The U.S. Fish and...
View ArticleMining resurgence in Michigan's UP gains some national attention
The boom and bust nature of the mining industry is nothing new to residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. And while recent decades have seen the region's once-prosperous iron and copper mines falling...
View ArticleWildfires prompt Michigan's governor to declare state of disaster
Governor Rick Snyder has declared a state of disaster in the Upper Peninsula counties of Luce and Schoolcraft, where wildfires already have consumed more than 20,000 acres. Snyder's declaration Friday...
View ArticleRain helping firefighters control a wildfire in the U.P.
NEWBERRY, Mich. (AP) - Rain is lending a hand to crew members who are battling a wildfire that has consumed 31.6 square miles of forest in the eastern port of Michigan's sparsely populated Upper...
View ArticleProgress reported in U.P. wildfires
NEWBERRY, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it's making good progress battling an Upper Peninsula wildfire as some people return to their homes.
View ArticleFederal judge refuses to halt UP mine construction
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Holmes Bell has refused to halt construction of a nickel and copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In an order signed today, Bell rejected a request by the Huron...
View ArticleRio Tinto signs agreement with Michigan nonprofit to monitor U.P. mine
The Eagle Mine near Marquette is under construction. It will be mining mostly nickel and copper along with smaller amounts of other metals. The company Rio Tinto owns the mine. They’ve received their...
View ArticleMemories of Michigan: State's nature and cities create connection
Over the weekend, we posted this question to the Michigan Radio Facebook community. "What’s a personal memory you have that has some kind of connection to Michigan?" The answers show how the state's...
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Michigan-based bank among those to fail stress test Ally Financial, headquartered in Detroit, made the Federal Reserve's list of major banks that failed to show they have enough capital to survive...
View ArticleStudy: Role of coyotes on deer population in the UP
In the last few years, illegal wolf kills in the Upper Peninsula have been going up as more sportsman become convinced that wolves are harming the deer population. The antipathy toward wolves might...
View ArticleUnderground pot mine in Michigan? Not as far out as it sounds
A Canadian company specializing in plant-based pharmaceuticals wants to turn an old copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula into a large-scale medical marijuana farm. Paul Egan from the Detroit Free...
View ArticleTribe from Michigan's Upper Peninsula say mines violate rights
A Central Upper Peninsula Indian tribe is asking the United Nations to help curb sulfide mining in the Upper Great Lakes. The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) recently sent the United Nations a...
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