Bud Sargent

2 days ago | miningjournal.net | Bud Sargent

By BUD SARGENT Journal Managing EditorL’ANSE — Michigan bow and firearm deer hunters will enter the woods under changed rules this coming fall. That’s because the Natural Resources Commision, the policy-making arm of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, voted changes to the rules and regulations that govern whitetail hunting in the state, according to Jordan Hoover, commission chairman of the Upper Peninsula Deer Advisory Team.

2 weeks ago | miningjournal.net | Bud Sargent

By BUD SARGENT    Journal Managing EditorMARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Transportation has planned a busy construction season in the Upper Peninsula. According to a top MDOT spokesman, motorists will encounter dozens of road and bridge projects this construction season from one end of the U.P. to the other.

2 weeks ago | miningjournal.net | Bud Sargent

By BUD SARGENT    Journal Managing EditorMARQUETTE — What’s as long as one’s arms are spread wide, furry and has a wet nose? If you an employee or volunteer at the Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter, better known as UPAWS, that brief description might apply to any number of dogs that pass through the facility each year. Yet it was one particular Lab-shepherd mix named Beau who was a hard-luck case that got everyone’s attention.