GOGEBIC COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) - Gogebic County Road Commission has been preparing for the first snowfall since late September. During the summer, many of the plow trucks are used for hauling for maintenance projects. That means the plows need to be reattached each fall. Currently, 18 of Gogebic County’s 20 plows are ready for winter.

A retired miner says the industry brought good-paying jobs to the Upper Peninsula. Since the mining bust decades ago, populations have plummeted and unemployment is high. Newer mines have learned from the past, won’t make same environmental mistakes, miner says. John Doyle has fond memories of his two decades...

The Canadian company Highland Copper is proposing an underground copper mine in the Upper Peninsula's Gogebic County, near the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park and Lake Superior. The company has nearly all the necessary permits, but people can still weigh in on the air permit from the state Department of...

Ironwood, Michigan-based singer/songwriter Bill Jamerson will perform an hour-long musical tribute to the ski jumpers of the Upper Peninsula on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 1 p.m. at the Rice Lake Public Library. The Boys of Winter program is co-sponsored by the Cameron Ski Jumping Club and is open and free to the public. With guitar in hand, Jamerson performs original songs he wrote based on interviews with former ski jumpers 25 years ago. He tells stories about their ski jumping experiences as children and teenagers...