Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
STATE Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, second from right, is flanked by Gov. Rick Snyder and Steve Parks, Delta County prosecutor, whose 11-year effort got the word "Yooper" included in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, which defines the term as "a native or resident of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan - used as a nickname." Emily Brewster, the associate editor of Merriam-Webster, left, was on hand for the presentation.
