A region near the Canadian border, whose mines provide most of the new ore used in producing domestic steel — and cars — has a lot at stake as trade wars intensify.

Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• The news billowed across the Mesabi Iron Range like an ominous fog. Layoffs at the mines. Six ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has named Anthony Erickson to serve as hunter education coordinator for Dickinson County. Erickson has been a hunters education instructor since 2005 and ...

A new DNR research vessel, designed for a scientific mission on the Great Lakes, is currently being built in norther ...

A new research vessel, named R/V Steelhead II, will be launched on Lake Michigan in 2026. Construction on the new vessel is ...

From ancient conquests of land, agricultural products, and trade routes to modern geopolitical struggles for natural gas, oil, and minerals, the control over resources has shaped global politics and ...

Unveiling Natural Hydrogen Deposits France has made headlines with groundbreaking discoveries of natural hydrogen, also known ...

The moose population in the western Upper Peninsula has been a subject of great interest and conversation for decades. People ...

Iron Range mining facilities are facing layoffs but a professor of economics says their roles are likely too valuable to be ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Moran Iron Works celebrate a significant milestone in the construction of the R/V Steelhead II, a research vessel designed to advance fisheries ...

The state confirmed this week that 597 steelworkers will be temporarily laid off due to idling at the Hibbing Taconite Company (HibTac) in Hibbing and the Minorca Mine in Virginia. The layoffs could ...