QUESTION: Which Upper Peninsula business received an order to assemble 10,000 white cotton nurses’ uniforms during World War II? a. H. W. Gossard Co. in Ishpeming b. Martha-Lillian Corp. in Negaunee c. Venus Foundation Manufacturing Co. in Escanaba d. Upper Peninsula Dress ...
NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee City Band has announced that its 2026 concert season will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Concerts will continue on succeeding Wednesdays, with the final one scheduled for Aug. 5. Concerts are held at the Negaunee Outdoor Performing Arts Center at the east end ...
MARSHFIELD, Wis. – More than half of deer ticks tested by Marshfield Clinic Research Institute from its citizen science tick study were found to carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. The Marshfield Clinic Research Institute launched the Tick Inventory via Citizen Science in the ...
MARQUETTE — Average gasoline prices in Michigan have fallen 20.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.60/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 4,913 stations in Michigan. Prices in Michigan are 58.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.42/g higher than a year ...
30 years ago ISHPEMING — Westwood High School has earned a national accolade for its women’s sports program. And the result is that the school will receive a financial boost to its athletic program through winning a first-place award from a national cooperative of cranberry and grapefruit ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Mining Journal, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. Before the advent of the railroad, wagons provided the most ...