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Negaunee firefighters battle brush fire

NEGAUNEE — At about 6:48 p.m. Sunday, the Negaunee City Fire Department was dispatched to a brush fire on Rolling Mill Road near Miller Road. Upon arriving on scene, crews were able to locate a brush fire in the cattails of a swamp on the south side of Rolling Mill Road, just west of Miller ...

Negaunee wins 2025 community excellence award

NEGAUNEE – The city of Negaunee is the 2025 winner of the Michigan Municipal League’s Community Excellence Award. The Negaunee Downtown Enhancement Project marks the third community from the U.P. that has won the CEA, after the city of Ironwood in 2013 and the city of Houghton in ...

MSP Gladstone investigating endangered missing person

GLADSTONE — The Michigan State Police from the Gladstone post are investigating an endangered missing person involving a Gladstone woman who was reportedly last seen in that area mid-day on Sept. 15. The missing woman has been identified as 58-year-old Brenda Meadows from Gladstone. ...

Fall Fest, quilt auction on tap

CRYSTAL FALLS — Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp celebrates the season with its Fall Fest and Quilt Auction Saturday, Oct. 4. Participants can choose from two formats: onsite in person Oct. 4 or online in a virtual auction from Wednesday through Oct. 4. The live Fall Fest begins at 9:30 a.m. CDT ...

LaLonde running for state rep

NEGAUNEE — Dana LaLonde, a longtime community leader and Marquette County commissioner, has officially announced her candidacy for the Michigan House of Representatives in District 109 as a Democrat. LaLonde, of Negaunee, who first came to the Upper Peninsula to attend Northern Michigan ...