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 ...
Today in History: May 26, the World War II Dunkirk evacuation begins By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, May 26, the 146th day of 2026. There are 219 days left in the year. This is Memorial Day. Today in history: On May 26, 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of more than 338,000 ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western counties ...