Opening a package in 2011, an editor at Merriam-Webster slowly realized what it contained — a bribe. What she didn’t know: The briber was a county prosecutor. The parcel contained a keychain, ...

Michigan was buzzing last week with the news that the word Yooper is going to be included in the new edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary this spring. Michigan was buzzing last week with ...

A couple of months ago we wrote about how the word “Yooper” was going to be added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Well, folks, it’s happened. The moniker for residents of the Lake Superior region ...

Yoopers, rejoice: You are getting the recognition you deserve from the dictionary itself. Merriam-Webster Dictionary's word of the day today is "Yooper," which it defines as "a native or resident of ...

Yes, you are mispronouncing the word "sauna." No, you shouldn't ask that person why they "talk so weird." There are plenty of things you are saying to Yoopers that you just shouldn't say. There is ...

ISHPEMING — These hunters are a bunch of dummies. One guy's already nodded off at the card table with a beer bottle still in his hand. His buddy is laid out on the couch in his long johns, taking a ...