GWINN — The Forsyth Township Fire Department has received a new fire truck that it had ordered from a manufacturer in Wisconsin. More than two years of planning and building went into the pumper specially made for the Gwinn-based department. The cost was $850,000, financed entirely through ...
MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter, in partnership with 24 PetWatch Pet Protection Services, is offering a limited number of discounted microchips to Marquette County pet owners. The program started Sept. 1. Thanks to the sponsorship of 24 PetWatch, 50 microchips will be ...
MARQUETTE — Holly Peoples of Gladstone has joined the Superior Health Foundation board of directors, representing Delta County and the south central Upper Peninsula. Peoples is director of Business Services, Michigan Works Upper Peninsula, where she has worked in workforce and economic ...
Today in History: September 16, the Land Run of 1883 By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2026. There are 106 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers ...
ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Cliff’s Shaft Mine Museum, 501 W. Euclid St., in Ishpeming. Scott Markert, one of the founders of the Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club (along with his parents, Bob and Marian Markert) will present: “Mystery Minerals Collected.” Markert will present a variety of odd, unique, weird, rare and irresistible specimens, rocks and minerals that he and his family collected over the last century (and beyond). He will talk about the specimen itself, where it was collected (if known), its history ...
