MARQUETTE — Prost! Prost! A slate of Oktoberfest events is set for downtown Marquette this weekend. Blackrocks Brewery is set to host its annual Oktoberfest event from noon to 11 p.m. on Saturday. The event and music schedule is as follows: 2-3 p.m., Octatuba 3:30-5 p.m., World’s ...
HARVEY — A more than $1 million investment in the Ironworkers Local 8 training center in Harvey will expand skilled trades training capacity in the Upper Peninsula, helping prepare workers for careers in construction, infrastructure, manufacturing and other industries. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded $801,598 to the Ironworkers Local 8 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for new training equipment. Combined with $200,399 in matching funds from the Ironworkers and Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 2, the project ...
It’s election season, which means it’s time to check out the League of Women Voters’ award-winning, nonpartisan voter resources, available online at VOTE411.org and in the League’s printed voter guides. These resources are brought to you locally in collaboration with the Mining Journal ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees approved a balanced general fund budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year on Friday, successfully closing an anticipated $8 million deficit through proactive strategic planning The projected shortfall was driven primarily by a 16% ...
LANSING – Pending legislation would allow gray wolf hunting and trapping if the federal government takes the animals off the Endangered Species List. The possibility raises concerns among environmentalists that removing wolves from federal protection could set the species back and ...
