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Forty Years Ago, Michigan Brought Moose Back to the U.P. by Dangling Them From Helicopters
It took tranquilizer darts, slings, a 600-mile road trip, and 35-below cold, but the western U.P. has had moose ever since Here is a true U.P. story most people have never heard. About 40…
Fifty Years Ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald Vanished Into Lake Superior 17 Miles From Safety. The U.P. Has Never Forgotten.
All 29 of her crew were lost on a stormy November night in 1975. At Whitefish Point, her recovered bell still tolls…
Two Best Friends From Tiny Iron Mountain Grew Up to Conquer College Hoops and the NFL, and They Never Stopped Being Buddies
Tom Izzo and Steve Mariucci were teammates in three sports at Iron Mountain High, roommates at Northern Michigan, and they are still…
The Pasty Isn’t Just Lunch in the U.P. It’s a Heritage, a Mining Legacy, and an Argument Waiting to Happen
A Cornish miner's lunch crossed an ocean, went down into the copper mines, and became the food Yoopers will argue about forever…
There’s a 23-Foot Chainsaw and a 35-Foot Rifle on the Side of a U.P. Highway, and Both of Them Actually Work
Da Yoopers Tourist Trap in Ishpeming is home to Big Gus and Big Ernie, two world records and the most Yooper roadside…
There’s a Spring in the U.P. So Crystal Clear the Trout Look Like They’re Floating in Midair
Kitch-iti-kipi near Manistique is Michigan's largest freshwater spring, and you can glide right over it on a raft you pull yourself Tucked…
A Decade Ago, This Lake Superior Island Was Down to 2 Wolves. Now There Are 37, and the Moose Are Disappearing Fast.
The latest count from Isle Royale, the longest-running wolf and moose study on Earth, is one of the most dramatic in its…
A Walk in the Woods Could Soon Come With a Storybook, One Page at a Time, at This Marquette Township Park
The idea is simple and kind of magical: a children's picture book spread along the trail so kids read a page at…
A Yooper Buys a Scratch-Off Before Every Road Trip. This Time It Won Him $2 Million.
He grabbed the ticket in Sault Ste. Marie on his way home, same as he always does. This time the drive paid…
A L’Anse Family of Five Got Stranded on the Rocks in the Middle of Keweenaw Bay, and the DNR Brought Them All Home Safe
Their 31-foot sailboat ran up on the rocks halfway across the bay. Two conservation officers had them back on shore within the…