Sections of snowmobile trail closed in EUP

Dec 26, 2019 | Outdoors

A bridge washout and excessive water on a trail has forced the temporary closure of two snowmobile trail segments in the eastern Upper Peninsula. The trail segments are closed until further notice. In Chippewa County, north of Paradise, a section of the UP 452 Trail...

Erik Rintamaki is showing Yooperlites in Tokyo

Dec 19, 2019 | Outdoors

There is no language barrier when it comes to Yooperlite rocks. That’s what Erik Rintamaki, the Newberry native who discovered Yooperlites, has learned. Rintamaki is currently in Tokyo, Japan for the 2019 Tokyo Mineral Show and has seen show guests react in amazement...

Snowy owl rescued on Drummond Island

Dec 11, 2019 | News, Outdoors

On Thursday, December 5, Dr. Dick Bennett came across Julie Plont’s vehicle stopped in the road and assumed she was having car trouble. The Drummond Island veterinarian pulled over to help, and then saw why she’d stopped. A rare snowy owl was standing still in the...