Latest news, weather, high school sports for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Yesterday at 5:45 PM  An oil spill at a wind farm in Garden recently caused an uproar, but crews say only 20 gallons spilled

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has approved the last major permit needed to construct a copper and silver mine in the Upper Peninsula

Friday, March 01, 2013  The Michigan DEQ is offering grants to monitor water quality for local governments and nonprofit groups

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  The Marquette County Road Commission spent two years working on a proposal for County Road, 595 but it was denied last week

Friday, December 07, 2012  The EPA has withdrawn an objection to the Marquette County Road 595 Project stating that the proposed route is the one that will least damage the environment

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  Torch Lake landowners are meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  The Department of Environmental Quality director visited the CR 595 site in Marquette County on Monday

Thursday, September 20, 2012  The DEQ director sent a letter to the EPA asking the agency to remove its objections

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  It's scheduled to take place at Northern Michigan University's University Center at 6 p.m. Tuesday

Friday, August 24, 2012  Ironwood will soon begin a cleanup project to eliminate hazardous waste discovered at the Ironwood Manufactured Gas Plant site

Saturday, July 21, 2012  Governor Rick Snyder signed into law a measure allowing beach-front property owners on the Great Lakes to groom their property without a state permit

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  For the last year and a half, Delta County Park officials have been applying for DEQ and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits that were needed to improve park beach areas

Thursday, June 28, 2012  The road would connect Rio Tinto's Eagle Mine to the Humboldt Mill

Monday, April 30, 2012  The mine would be located near Ironwood

Monday, April 23, 2012  It's been 50 years since residents and tourists in Grand Marais have seen a functioning breakwater harbor, and in just over a month crews will start construction