Upper Peninsula Business Today

07/10/2025

Improving Porvoo Park
Hancock Recreation Commission Meets

HANCOCK — The City of Hancock Recreation Commission met Tuesday evening to further discuss potential changes to Porvoo Park, to hear updates from Hancok City Manager Mary Babcock and to fund future projects. The discussion of Porvoo Park was extensive, with the commission discussing what can be do...

07/10/2025

Quilt Show, Strawberry Social to benefit Florence museum

FLORENCE, Wis. — The Florence County Historical Society is getting ready to host its annual Quilt Show and Strawberry Social on Saturday. The society’s major fundraiser runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Maxsells Suites and Celebrations, 209 Central Ave. in Florence. The old-fashioned strawberry soc...

07/10/2025

22 U.P. businesses see $660k in grants from Going PRO Talent Fund awards

MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity awarded $661,366 to 22 businesses in the Upper Peninsula, a part of the $16 million awarded in Fiscal Year 2025 Cycle 2 Going PRO Talent Fund grants going to to 297 businesses to support the training of nearly 8,000 Michigan wor...

07/10/2025

Funding makes UP park projects possible

Thanks to $273 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding from the American Rescue Plan Act 68 planned improvement projects at state parks have been completed or are in progress. This includes several state parks located in the Upper Peninsula. They include: Fayette Historic State Park (Delta County...

07/09/2025

Michigan DNR welcomes 15 new conservation officers

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Training Academy hosted graduation Thursday at the Ralph A. MacMullan Center in Roscommon, welcoming 15 officers into the ranks of some of the most highly trained law enforcement professionals in the state. “We proudly w...

07/09/2025

Marquette Maritime Museum receives grant

MARQUETTE — The America250MI Committee has awarded the Marquette Maritime Museum $3,926 as a part of the first round of the America250MI History Grant Program. The funds will purchase three exhibit kiosks, iPads and kiosk software to update our shipwreck, Life-Saving Service, and Lighthouse exhibi...

07/09/2025

State botanical society gathers in

Each year, the Michigan Botanical Society (MBS) hosts an annual convention in a different place in the Great Lakes region. Their 2025 Grand Foray began in Gladstone this week, with speakers presenting at the Terrace Bay ballroom three nights and field trips planned for various destinations on Tuesda...

07/01/2025

NMU to offer new masters degree in speech pathology

MARQUETTE – Northern Michigan University will offer a master of science degree in speech-language pathology. Students who complete a bachelor’s degree can ladder into the master’s degree program for advanced training to become skilled professionals in the field while remaining in the Upper Pen...

07/01/2025

Supreme Court to decide if shutting down Line 5 is state or federal fight

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel belongs in state court. Nessel sued in state court in June 2019 seeking to void th...

06/27/2025

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06/27/2025

UPHS facility open for business

MARQUETTE — The new UP Health System-Marquette medical office building, located at 1400 W. Washington St. where the old Office Max store once was in the city of Marquette, is now completely open for business. The facility will house three services: Outpatient Behavioral Health, the U.P. Regional B...

06/27/2025

New owners but few changes at Linnea & Kristine

IRON MOUNTAIN – Four years in the works and recently finalized, the Linnea & Kristine floral and gift shop has new owners after nearly 32 years in business. Many loyal customers already knew the change was taking place, but the rest should not worry, not much will change — even Linnea & Kristine...