Michigan Cougar Sightings: 200+ Confirmed Since 2008
The Michigan DNR confirmed cougar reproduction in the U.P. for the first time in over a century. Readers who saw cougars here decades ago...
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Neighbors, organizations, traditions, local projects, and the routines that make Upper Peninsula communities distinct.
Keweenaw & Copper Country
5 stories from this part of the U.P.
Jampot Monks: The Keweenaw Bakery in a Burger Shack
The Jampot monks arrived on the Keweenaw in 1983, moved into an abandoned hamburger stand with no heat or plumbing, and started picking wild...
Squeaky Cheese: The U.P.’s Finnish Juustoa Tradition
Finnish squeaky cheese, the juustoa Yoopers drop in their coffee, was quietly dying out in U.P. farm kitchens. The trail that revived it ran...
Henry Ford's Alberta, Michigan: The Town He Built
Henry Ford built an entire town from scratch in Michigan's U.P., named it after a little girl, and barely used it. The strange, true...
The U.P.: The Most Finnish Place in America
You can hear it in the accent, taste it in the nisu, and sweat it out in a Saturday-night sauna. Five western U.P. counties...
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