Federal grant money helps Ironwood's downtown co-op spruce things up and add more freezers, with the aim to offer customers more food options.

From birch trees in deep forests to pebbles found along the majestic Lake Superior shoreline, the rugged landscape of the U.P. has inspired the eco-friendly jewelry and artisan goods of Beth Millner Jewelry.  

Three school districts in the Upper Peninsula will receive electric school buses, aimed at reducing emissions and improving the environment.  

Northwoods Test Kitchen is self-described as a “small scale deli and shared-use kitchen, dedicated to utilizing and respecting local food."  

A national program has drawn thousands of Michigan women to the outdoors in pursuit of ice fishing, archery, hiking, cross-country skiing and even dog sledding. This winter's camp weekend takes place in the Upper Peninsula. 

“The bird chose me, you could say,” says Beth Maata, the only certified raptor rehabilitator in the Upper Peninsula (and one of only a dozen or so in all of Michigan).

The Marquette Outdoor Venture Innovation Center will serve as an incubator for budding entrepreneurs in the booming outdoor recreation innovation sector. 

“People will be using these images for the next century and beyond to understand what life was like in the U.P. during the 19th and early 20th century. His work, and collection, is an important repository of the ‘Yooper’ way-of-life,'" said Dan Truckey, director of NMU’s Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center.

“This project will ultimately strengthen the county’s competitive position and help build capacity that will generate economic opportunity for the region," says Chris Olson, president of the Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation.