Go For Launch! arrives for a second time in Sault Ste. Marie, offering secondary students an opportunity to explore careers in the growing space industry. The three-day camp launched Tuesday at Lake Superior State University. 

Last month, Central Michigan University and Ferris State University’s GEAR UP programs took 50 local area students on a whirlwind trip across Michigan’s upper peninsula. 

Renovated historic Ishpeming hotel serves craft cocktails and nostalgia. The hotel, which once housed the cast of the Hollywood film, "Anatomy of a Murder," also has mixed-use space and plans for a basement taproom.

Among the success stories of Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville is the nearly 100 percent placement of graduates in various marine careers the past several years. A surge in recreational boating in Michigan and across the country is helping graduates find jobs and underscores the importance of the small but growing school.

The news of a new copper mine being built near the shores of Lake Superior drew lots of attention in the U.P. and beyond. Interlochen Public Radio explores this latest development in Copper Country in a recent edition of Points North, a podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.

Chippewa County has broken ground on a manufacturing facility that will serve as a transportation and logistics hub.

A Michigan couple's love for the U.P. and animals led them north, where they eventually established a zoo not far from the Mackinac Bridge. The GarLyn Zoo Wildlife Park, home to more than 100 animals, draws thousands of visitors annually and celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

A new artist program at the Keweenaw National Historical Park will help return 'the presence of people' at the site and help tell the stories of miners and others.