Latest Upper Peninsula of Michigan Stories

By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Jul. 15--Some Twin Ports churches will congregate outdoors for services. Kids will pick up trash along Barker's Island. And folks can go fly a kite at Canal Park. Lake Superior Day will be celebrated Sunday around the world's largest body of fresh water with events to honor the lake. The event is held the third Sunday every July, promoted by the Lake Superior Binational Forum -- an advisory group on Lake Superior issues for the government of...

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE: CLF) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a capital project at its Empire and Tilden mines in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The project, which requires approximately $290 million of incremental capital investment, is expected to allow the Empire Mine to produce at three million tons annually through 2017 and increase Tilden Mine production by more than two million tons annually. This incremental production is expected to result in total equity...

By Mary Ann Grossmann, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Jul. 6--For Minnesotans, "up north" is not a specific place. It's an idea that lives in our hearts and imaginations. "Up north" could be as close as the Chisago chain of lakes or as distant as Lake of the Woods. For many of us, though, "up north" means Lake Superior, its North Shore and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Today, we celebrate this giant inland sea and the cities that surround it with a roundup of worthy books that...

By Albert Ching, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Jul. 4--BRAVE THE FOOD: We all know the stereotypes about British food -- specifically, that it's terrible -- but you can decide for yourself with the fish and chips, bangers and mash and bread pudding at the British Open Pub in Scottsdale. There's also the Cornish Pasty Co. in Tempe, which features pasties (the name refers to the food, not the complexion of your average Briton), which are basically fancy Hot Pockets that originate from the...

By Emma Corlett Business editor The Proper Cornish Food Company has won a contract to supply Sainsbury's with a premium chilled "taste the difference" traditional Cornish steak pasty. Hand-made in Cornwall using locally sourced ingredients where possible, the new Sainsbury's "Taste the Difference" pasty will be available at the group's stores across the country this summer. The Sainsbury's contract is another significant development in the expansion of the family- run Bodmin food...

By JANE HAASE ONE predicted effect of the current credit crunch is that we are likely to tighten our belts when it comes to foreign travel and holiday much closer to home. And having just spent a week in Cornwall, that's not such a bad thing. It's a chance form any, who for too long have been seduced by the promise of good weather abroad (which is no guarantee at all, just look at Coleen and Wayne's big day), to rediscover the delights of a British seaside holiday. In the past when...

The availability of fresh peeled onions in Cornwall for bakeries and wholesalers has taken a major step forward as the result of a substantial investment by a local vegetable processor. Hay Farm Produce, based at Antony in South East Cornwall, has taken delivery of a state-of-the-art Finis onion-peeling line. The total investment of almost pounds300,000 was supported by EU Objective One grants of over pounds115,000, enabling the firm to improve product output and increase quantity and quality...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Chased into the Lake Superior shallows, mauled and left for dead by fellow wolves, the young female struggled to shore and collapsed. A lone male came to the rescue, licking her wounds and staying on as she recovered.Together they formed a successful and prolific pack, with the female bearing at least 19 pups. But their love story has ended tragically: A rival pack killed the female this winter, a year after fatally attacking her mate as he munched on a moose...

By JOHN KEKIS PARISH, N.Y. - Sunshine greeted residents of this snowbound village on Saturday, giving crews a chance to haul away some of the 8 feet of snow that has fallen during the past week. "The sun's out, but it isn't going to last," Mike Avery said as he took a brief break from loading dump trucks with snow to be taken to a pile outside town. The National Weather Service said the bands of lake-effect snow fed by moisture from Lake Ontario would continue weaving up and down...

For campers at Isle Royale National Park, sighting a gray wolf is a rare and thrilling experience. At least, it has been. But some wolves have gotten a bit too familiar this summer, wandering into camping areas and showing little of their customary fear of people.No attacks or threatening behavior have been reported. But the close encounters prompted warnings to visitors not to feed the wolves."Wolves are wild animals and potentially dangerous like any wild animals," said Michigan...