ESCANABA, Mich. (WWJ) - It took more than 10 years to make it happen, but a man from Escanaba in the Upper Peninsula has finally convinced the people from Merriam-Webster to include the word "yooper" ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Da "Yoopers" up dere in da U.P., Michigan's Upper Peninsula, have hit it big with inclusion of their nickname in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the company's free online ...

Yoopers were excited that they made the dictionary. It's too bad people won't learn the right way to pronounce their nickname. As we noted Monday, the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has added ...

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 ...

A Yooper — a resident of the upper Peninsula of Michigan — is one of the 150 words added to the 11th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Many of the new words stem from our digital ...

A little good can come out of a bad economy. When Kevin Kluck couldn't find work after graduating from Lake Superior State University with a business degree in May 2010, he sat down with his father, ...

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 ...