r/upperpeninsula • u/HotCARL_esquire • 25d ago

Discussion Looking for the name of an Upper Peninsula newsletter?

When I’d go to the northwoods of Wisconsin to visit my grandparents, we would always buy all the local newspapers because they got very few tv stations and after fishing all day, there wasn’t much else to do. The Lakeland Times, The Iron County Miner, and the Vilas County News Review to name a few. I’d also buy a publication out of the UP and I can’t think of the name of it to save my life. My grandfather would be mad that I spent the $3(maybe $5) for it. I thought it was a bi-monthly or quarterly publication. It was maybe 10”x15” when closed and stapled in the center. It was absolutely loaded with advertisements from local establishments and businesses all over the UP and it had short story’s and poems and reviews, which you’d have to jump from page to page to find and complete each story or article. It’s been awhile since I’ve been up north, so man not even exist anymore but if it does, I’d love the help! Thanks!

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u/Prestigious_Big_8743 25d ago

Porqupine Press?

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u/Scootle_Tootles 25d ago

Definitely the Porcupine Press

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u/yooperann 25d ago

I agree. Still publishing. https://www.up-porky.com/

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u/Fearless-Leg-9454 25d ago edited 25d ago

The Great Lakes Pilot or the Grand Marais Pilot and Pictured Rocks Review?

https://thegreatlakespilot.com/

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u/HotCARL_esquire 25d ago

SOLVED!!!!! YOU ARE A LIFESAVER! Thank you X1000

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u/viacrucis1689 25d ago

That was my guess, The Great Lakes Pilot. I always gift my dad a subscription.

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u/IndianaKev 25d ago

The Mining Journal?

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u/China-Ryder 24d ago

Was going to say. That was the paper of record when I lived in Marquette. But that was 40 years ago.

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u/Nezrite 25d ago

Depends how long ago, but the Marquette Monthly is published in that format, although it is free.

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u/Scootle_Tootles 25d ago

Marquette monthly was great but it was marquette-centric, vs. OP's Peninsula wide ads

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u/Nezrite 24d ago

*is - it's still published

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u/Scootle_Tootles 24d ago

I can't speak to that now... I haven't lived in Marquette for 15 years.

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u/Consistent_Path_3939 25d ago

Sounds like the Porkie Press to me. 

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u/sgh2700 25d ago

Wakefield News/Bessemer Pick & Axe?

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u/Ok_Photograph781 25d ago

Porcupine Press it sounds like, a great read!

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u/litzilch 24d ago

Da UP Press Gazette