For most of us, Labor Day is just an excuse to celebrate one last time before the summer ends and we contemplate 8 months of worsening weather. The true meaning of Labor Day is much more significant than that! Click here, and see if any of these Labor Day facts change the way you think [...]

Congratulations to all the callers who knew that the Great Lakes holds 20 percent, or 1/5th of the worlds surface fresh water! For your chance to win a great tasting deep dish pizza from Toarmina’s in Marquette, tune in each and every Tuesday afternoon at 3pm!

You won the Toarmina’s Tuesday contest because you knew that the nations first roadside park was opened on US 2 here in the U.P.! For your chance to win a great tasting pizza, make sure you tune in each and every Tuesday afternoon!  

The nations first roadside park opened in 1919 on what U.P. highway?  Here is a hint for you.  It was in Iron County. If you know the answer, give us a call at 906-227-8888 before 4pm, and if you are right, you will be entered to win a great tasting deep dish pizza from Toarmina’s [...]

Sales of pontoon boats are up nationwide, according to an article last month in the Los Angeles Times, which in fact mentions Little Big Town’s single “Pontoon.” “Pontoon sales are on the rise across the country, and we would like to take credit for that,” LBT’s Jimi Westbrook tells ABC Radio News. Now, if we [...]

  Good news for our local miners! More than 240 Cliffs Natural Resources employees who have been laid off since June, could be back to work ahead of schedule. Originally, the employees were expected to return to the mine in mid-October. but officials anticipate they will be brought back next month. Cliffs says they expect to [...]

This week, the Toarmina’s Tuesday question should be pretty easy to the regular listeners to the station. The Ford Trimotor owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is restored to it’s original condition. What year was it resoted to? If you know the answer, give us a call before 4pm at 906-227-8888, and if you [...]

An opportunity to have a “hands on” look back into aviation history is being presented this week at Sawyer International Airport in Marquette County. A fully restored 1929 Ford Tri-Motor airliner is appearing through Wednesday as part of the 2012 EAA tour.  The event gives the public a chance to see and ride in the [...]