MICHIGAMME — Michigamme Township proves over and over again that when it comes to preserving history, it's the little town that could. It started with the 20-year pursuit and finally the procurement of the township’s own 1900 steam fire engine, which had been sold to a private collector in ...

From Northern Michigan University MARQUETTE — Students and faculty from three academic disciplines are collaborating on behalf of a Marquette organization’s endeavor to repurpose the deactivated Lower Harbor Ore Dock as a botanical and ecological center. The project was one of two ...

‘Power tends to corrupt,” as they say, and “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” That quote is attributed to Lord John Acton, a 19th century British historian. Ever heard of him? Me neither, but he sounds like a smart dude. We just ran through another election cycle and I hardly ...

MARQUETTE — Eleven Marquette County students had something important to say, and believed in their viewpoints so much they got up in front of a large audience on Tuesday at Kaufman Auditorium for the second annual Tom Baldini Soapbox Showcase. Named after the late Tom Baldini, a longtime ...

NEGAUNEE — A group of second-graders at Lakeview Elementary School walked in their classroom recently, saw what was new — and jumped up and down, cheering. A “Magic TV” can bring on that sort of reaction. Using chalk and a blackboard is all well and good to educate students, but ...

MARQUETTE — Sometimes a subtle approach works better in a school setting than zero-tolerance policies such as suspension and expulsion. Jennine Frazier, executive director of the Marquette Alger Resolution Service, said the organization has been addressing safety and bullying issues in ...