Editors note: Four Upper Peninsula newspapers are running companion pieces to our America 250 stories with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. This week’s comes from the Mining Mining Gazette in Houghton. By the mid-19th century, the United States had become an industrialized ...
Editor’s note: With new settlements being established in the Northwest Territory, leaders of the still young United States tackled another issue — how to link cities in the east with new opportunities in the west. This happened through an act of Congress creating what came to be known as ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Lions Lakeside Park will receive a new, updated sign this summer, and will see the conclusion of a years-long effort to improve the park’s landscaping and view of Lake Superior. The Marquette Lions Club, chartered in 1919, is the premier Lions Club in the state ...
TOPEKA, Kan. — Even as Democratic officials fight the effort in court, the Trump administration has run millions of voter registrations through government databases to determine their eligibility in a process that critics worry could end up purging valid voters from the rolls before the ...
Today is Monday, May 18, the 138th day of 2026. There are 227 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state erupted, leaving an estimated 57 people dead or missing. Also on this date: In 1863, the Siege of Vicksburg began during ...
ISHPEMING — The 13th annual Iron Range Roll will kick off at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 6. The event starts at the Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum in Ishpeming, moving onto the Heritage Trail and leading through Negaunee into Negaunee Township before ending in Marquette Township near Barrel + ...