Organizers note that this year’s festival places greater emphasis on Hancock-based events than in previous years.

Colin Jackson takes a flight over Bridgefest before speaking with the parades marshal, the last WWII vet in the Keweenaw.

HOUGHTON-HANCOCK, MICH. -- The beloved annual Bridgefest festival is returning to the cities of Houghton and Hancock in June to celebrate the historic Portage Lake Lift Bridge and the connection ...

A wildfire at the Duncan Bay Nature Preserve near Cheboygan has been extinguished, and a 29-year-old man was taken into custody. Duncan Bay Nature Preserve near Cheboygan up in flames A large fire ...

HOUGHTON, Mich. (AP) - Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched atop the Houghton-Hancock Lift Bridge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The state Department of Transportation installed nest boxes on ...

HOUGHTON, MI – The 39 th iteration of this Upper Peninsula tradition is taking on a “True Red, White & Blue” hue in ...