The Latest Breaking News from Upper Peninsula

6-year-old Michigan girl vanishes in woods for 4.5 hours, found safe beside family dog

A 6-year-old girl in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula disappeared for four and a half hours after following her family dogs into the woods, sparking a large overnight search that involved police, fire crews, K-9 units and drones. The breakthrough came when a relative’s trail camera, set up about half a mile…

The Times of India · Sep 19

At 20, Finnish immigrant Maggie Walz arrived in Michigan with just $7; in 1903 she claimed 160 acres on a Lake Huron island and the colony she founded grew to five settlements with around 1,000 people

Born Margareeta Johanna Konttra Niiranen in Tornio, Finland, in 1861, Maggie Walz came to the United States at the age of 20 with almost nothing, just $7 in her pocket and a determination to build a new life. According to the National Park Service (NPS), Walz arrived in Michigan’s Upper…

The Times of India · Aug 16

‘We’re all aging. Father Time hasn’t beaten me yet’: Nick Baumgartner on snowboarding in the Olympics at 44

The Upper Peninsula snowboarder races his fifth Olympic Games on Thursday, drawing on a career shaped by construction sites, small-town winters and the belief he could still reach the 2034 Games on home soil

The Guardian - US · Feb 11

Michigan's Upper Peninsula gets 2 feet of snow, a May record

The National Weather Service says a record May snowfall buried parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula under more than 2 feet of snow this week

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Retired miner sentenced to federal prison after FBI finds homemade pipe bombs across Michigan

DETROIT — A retired miner accused of leaving pipe bombs and threatening letters across northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday in a case that raised fears of an imminent domestic terror attack.

Tribune News Service · Nov 10, 2022

Review: 'The Women Could Fly,' by Megan Giddings

FICTION: Megan Giddings turns the wilds of the Upper Peninsula into a land where magic and oppression exist side-by-side.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

A Michigan marvel: Grand Island's ice caves reveal brutal beauty

MUNISING, Mich. — Along the eastern shore of Lake Superior's Grand Island, giant icicles drip from the cliffs like fangs, a fitting reminder that winter in the Upper Peninsula has a bite.

Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2022