Marquette continues to be published as one of the top cities to live in among different categories. Earlier this year we reported that Outdoor Life ranked Marquette the 7th best town in the U.S. for hunters and fishers. Not bad. This time around it’s CNN Money, and they have ranked Marquette the #1 … Read more
Recently the Detroit News readers listed their favorite sweet treat stops in the state of Michigan. An Upper Peninsula favorite made the list at #2. In Baraga county it’s one of the biggest staples known… The Hilltop Sweetroll It’s bigger than a baby’s head… You can find these enormous rolls of … Read more
Yooper Steez is now fully restocked Thank you both customers and readers who have been patient with us. It took longer than we expected to get restocked with shirts. But we’re back in full throttle. Order yours today or sign up for a chance to win a free shirt. We currently have red, blue, green, … Read more
After asking “What is your favorite month in the Upper Peninsula?” it turns out that two months are tied for the least favorite months in the Upper Peninsula: April and December. We launched this poll several weeks ago (check out our latest poll) and it took a long time before anyone listed April as … Read more
Andrew Heller, Yooper Steez is inviting you to the Upper Peninsula for a round of golf. Sorry, we won’t cover your gas expenses, but we will surely hook you up with a free Upper Peninsula t-shirt. You see, Mr. Heller recently wrote an article on his blog at mlive.com for The Flint Journal. The … Read more
. The competition will be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington hotel in Washington, D.C. Each year the Upper Peninsula sends one student to the National Spelling Bee who wins the annual Upper Peninsula Community Education Association Spelling Bee Finals. This year’s Upper Peninsula spelling bee … Read more
Naturally, there is going to be a bell curve on this graph. Those who live in Ironwood aren’t going to make nearly as many trips across the bridge as those living in St. Ignace or Sault Ste Marie. Though it looks like most people average between 2 to 5 round trips across the bridge in a year. If … Read more
At Yooper Steez we love the latest in the world wide web, including social networking. We’re also hoping to reach Yoopers across the globe. After merging those two ideas we thought it’d be great to give you an awesome list of Yooper related Facebook Groups. Though these are far from all the groups, … Read more
Stephen King released his latest book, Duma Key, this past January. In addition to publishing another best-seller that topped the New York Times Bestseller List, there is another important note that every Yooper should be aware of. On page 456 of the total 606 pages, Stephen King uses the word … Read more
Annette Summersett hits 100,000+ views on YouTube for her tribute to Brett Favre. Getting 100,000 views on YouTube is no easy task. So until proven otherwise, Annette seems to be the biggest YouTube celebrity to come from the Upper Peninsula. Annette… good work! If you’re out there somewhere come … Read more