1+ hour ago  (211+ words) ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK -- The Red Rocks Fire has been 100% contained, the Isle Royale National Park reported on Thursday. The fire, located on Red Rock Point, in Tobin Harbor, was small, the release says, totaling 0.1 acres. Initial firefighting efforts were…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (428+ words) HOUGHTON -- Superior Watershed Partnership and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) hosted an e-waste collection event at Michigan Technological University Friday. Printers, TVs, media players, computers, phones and tablets were all available to properly dispose of…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (449+ words) HOUGHTON -- It’s like 2025 all over again. Residents of the Upper Peninsula, indeed throughout Michigan, woke to smoke Wednesday. Just like it was during a good portion of the Summer of 2025, smoke from wildfires in Canada and Minnesota have begun to…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (208+ words) The 11 gorillas currently part of Gorilla Forest have come to Louisville from seven different zoos throughout the United States. None of them were actually born there. Collaboration with other zoos is done in the spirit of conservation since each accredited…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (370+ words) LANSING — Maintaining a health turkey population requires continued monitoring, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says. To accomplish this, the DNR is asking the public to participate in its wild turkey brood survey. The annual survey began July 1 and ends…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (493+ words) LANSING — If you spot a hen turkey leading a line of poults (baby turkeys) this summer, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources wants to hear from you. “Summer is one of the best times of year to see wild turkey…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (502+ words) MARQUETTE — If you thought the month of June felt a bit wetter than normal, you’d be right. And if you thought it was colder as well, you’d be wrong. Joseph Phillips, meteorologist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office in…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (201+ words) Some human impacts on the land eventually fade into memory. Ruins crumble and are reclaimed by the soil. Old logging roads are filled in as forests regenerate. Others, however, do not fade, but instead grow over time–setting off a…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (490+ words) The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and fish pathologists from Michigan State University will make an expedition aboard the RV Lake Char to Superior Maximus, the deepest point of Lake Superior this month, according to a June 8 statement from the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (386+ words) Last year Microsoft Research reported on the 10 jobs most threatened by artificial intelligence. Should I, dear reader, be running scared? Historians are No. 2 on the list. The report says 91% of what historians do is pretty much covered by AI queries....