SANDS — On Sunday, the Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter announced that they were responding to a case of canine parvovirus involved with a recent puppy litter intake. Parvovirus is a highly contagious illness which can be fatal in dogs. UPAWS has taken several steps to avoid ...
WETMORE — Last week, the Alger County Correctional Facility welcomed two beagles who were recently released from the Ridglan Farms, a beagle-breeding operation in southern Wisconsin which has a history of supplying dogs to biomedical research facilities. The dogs, named Charlie and Linus, ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Area Sister Cities Partnership is seeking host families for visitors from Marquette’s sister city in Higashiomi, Japan. The visiting delegation will include seven people, including the Deputy Mayor, a Higashiomi City Council member, Higashiomi City Staff, members ...
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 ...
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 ...
