QUESTION: Sten Fjeldheim was a local pioneer in what sport? a. Cross-country skiing b. Downhill skiing c. Hockey d. Ice climbing e. Ski jumping f. Snowboarding ANSWER: A, cross-country skiing.

MARQUETTE — It was the grandest house Marquette has ever seen. The Longyear Mansion was built by John M. and Mary Beecher Longyear from 1890 to 1892 at the cost of half-a-million dollars (over $16 million today). Constructed of local raindrop sandstone from the Jacobs Quarry, it was ...

MARQUETTE — All mines, gold, silver, copper, or iron, have a common problem, transporting the ore from the ground to a refining processor. In the case of Negaunee’s Jackson Mine, the first ore taken out by a group of mining speculators which put a claim on the area did it by hiring a group ...