https://www.uppermichiganssource.com • 8th May 2026

On the UPside: Club supports each other, region’s growers through passion for pollinators

IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (WLUC) - On the UPside, one group’s hobby not only fosters a buzzing community, but a critical ecosystem.

Thirty new boxes of honeybees arrived at Stag Farms in Dickinson County Wednesday. There, about a dozen beekeepers from the area picked them up to start their new hives. The pollinators traveled more than 2,000 miles by semi-trailer, before a final stretch in the bed of Mark Edens’ truck from Rhinelander, Wisconsin to Iron Mountain.

“Chris Hansen from Hansen Honey Farm...

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com • 1st August 2025

Wisconsin man charged in Delta County sexual assault cold case decades after crime

DELTA COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) - The Michigan State Police announced Friday that a Wisconsin man has been criminally charged with kidnapping and sexual assault 39 years after the crime occurred in Delta County.

However, the suspect died before he could be arrested and appear in court for arraignment.

In a Friday press release announcing the charges, the Michigan State Police said the Manistique Post originally began investigating the case in 1986, after a woman reported she was assaulted while tak...

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com • 29th May 2025

Michigan ranks near last in nation for inpatient psychiatric bed availability

UPPER MICHIGAN. (WLUC) - Michigan is ranked 47 in the nation for inpatient psychiatric hospital bed availability. The U.P. specifically is 20 beds short of its identified need and has the staff to operate even fewer beds than already exist.

Only two hospitals in the U.P. have inpatient psychiatric beds to begin with: UP Health System-Marquette and MyMedical Center-Sault. According to UPHS-Marquette, inpatient psychiatric care is typically needed when someone poses a danger to themselves or othe...

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com • 26th March 2025

UPDATE: GLFC plans to keep sea lamprey program on track despite staff uncertainties

WASHINGTON D.C. WLUC) - The Great Lakes Fishery Commission says it’s planning for multiple scenarios so it can keep its sea lamprey treatment program on track, despite uncertainty in the wake of Supreme Court battles regarding federal staffing.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in February that 12 Upper Michigan-based probationary employees who are contracted for the GLFC’s sea lamprey program would be let go. That decision was made to adhere to President Trump’s executive order requ...

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com • 31st January 2025

Coach who mentored UP, Northern Wisconsin skaters among those killed in DC plane crash

UPPER MICHIGAN. (WLUC) - A figure skating coach who mentored young skaters in Upper Michigan and Northern Wisconsin was among the 67 people killed in Thursday’s deadly mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner in Washington D.C.

A coach for the Marquette Figure Skating Club confirmed with TV6 that retired ice dancer Alexandr “Sasha” Kirsanov was on the airliner with the 59 other passengers and 4 crew members who were killed in the crash. His wife told People that he was accomp...

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com • 13th November 2024

Renewable World Energies says it has ‘no means’ to complete Au Train dam updates in recent response to FERC

AU TRAIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC) - Renewable World Energies (RWE), which owns the Au Train dam, told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Tuesday that it has “no means to complete necessary upgrades” to the dam.

In the letter, addressed to Debbie Reese, FERC secretary, RWE says:

“On September 12, 2024, the Commission sent a letter to UP Hydro requiring: (1) a plan and schedule to perform the necessary spillway capacity upgrades to meet Commission dam safety standards; (2) a plan and...

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com • 30th September 2022

Mission Point of Hancock cited for abuse, neglect of patients

HANCOCK, Mich. (WLUC) - The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has found a Hancock nursing facility in violation for neglect and abuse of patients.

According to a report from LARA released Wednesday, the agency cited Mission Point Nursing and Physical Rehabilitation Center of Hancock for abuse and neglect due to “insufficient staff to meet resident needs,” based on the following:

Overall, the report stated, “This deficient practice resulted in wide-spread neglect of...

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com • 18th February 2022

UPDATE: Indian boarding school survivors hope new bill will heal, bring justice

LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) - Indian boarding school survivors in Michigan are hopeful that a newly introduced bill will bring attention to the history of boarding schools and help find justice for the survivors.

“It was a haunting experience that really impacted my life in so many ways,” said Linda Raye Cobe, Lac Vieux Desert Tribe member. “And the loss of my culture has taken years to relearn.”

Survivors of Indian boarding schools say the history of abuse and cultural erasure cannot be forgotten....

miningjournal.net • 30th July 2021

Searching for recovery in the U.P.

From left, Brooke Tharp, foundation assistant for Great Lakes Recovery Centers, assists sisters Lily and Sophie Delongchamp of Negaunee in registering for the GLRC’s Run for Recovery on Wednesday night. Lily and Sophie Delongchamp both attended in support of loved ones in recovery. (Journal photo by Shannon Konoske)

MARQUETTE — Over a fifth of Marquette County residents report alcohol consumption rates that can be defined as excessive drinking by health professionals, statistics show.

These nu...

miningjournal.net • 30th July 2021

Local woman, 14 years sober, shares challenges, triumphs of recovery journey

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MARQUETTE — When Chanin Edwards, now a Marquette resident, first arrived in the Upper Peninsula in 2005, she stepped off a Greyhound bus that she had caught “somewhere down south,” having detoxed from alcohol on the two-day bus ride.

In Ironwood, where she lived for several years before moving to Marquette, she was met by the friend who had purchased her bus ticket and with her, a bottle of liquor and a 30-pack of beer.

“I got off that bus sober,” Edwards said, “but that was the last...

miningjournal.net • 21st May 2021

AN ONGOING CHALLENGE: Pandemic exacerbates existing food insecurity for children, older adults

From left, Community Action Alger-Marquette employees Wendi Griess, Kitchen Aid, and Yvonne Kytola, administrative assistant for Community Nutrition Services, sort and assemble food boxes for Meals on Wheels and Head Start recipients in the region. (Journal photo by Shannon Konoske)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part two of a multi-part series. Part one was published in Tuesday’s edition. Part three will be published in this coming Tuesday’s edition.

MARQUETTE — The local economy has begun to slowly...

miningjournal.net • 18th May 2021

PANTRIES AND THE PANDEMIC: U.P. faces unique challenge in meeting need for nutritional food

St. Vincent DePaul Volunteer Tim Leahy prepares food boxes for families at the Marquette pantry. (Journal photo by Shannon Konoske)

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part one of a multi-part series that examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted food insecurity in the Upper Peninsula. Part two, which will focus on food insecurity among seniors and children, will be published in Friday’s edition of The Mining Journal.

MARQUETTE — Combating food insecurity in the Upper Peninsula has for decades...