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Workers’ Memorial Day honors those who died or were injured on the job

ISHPEMING — Tuesday was Workers’ Memorial Day, an international day of remembrance and action for workers who were killed, injured or made unwell by their work. An event was held at the Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum in Ishpeming to commemorate the day, as well as to honor fallen miners from the ...

U.P. legislators propose veteran’s cemetery

MARQUETTE — Last week, Upper Peninsula state Reps. Dave Prestin, Greg Markkanen and Karl Bohnak, all members of the Republican Party, proposed legislation which would sponsor the creation of a veterans’ cemetery in the Upper Peninsula. House Bill 5843 of 2026 was introduced by Prestin and ...

Gwinn contractor sentenced

MARQUETTE — On Monday, Michael Sivula, a contractor from Gwinn, was found guilty of 11 total charges over seven cases. The charges included counts of false pretenses of over $1,000 but less than $20,000 and using a computer to commit a crime, with a habitual offender notice attached to ...

Stephen Adamini dies

MARQUETTE — Stephen Adamini, longtime Democrat and member of the Marquette County Board of Commissioners who resigned the position in late March citing, among other things, health, has died. According to multiple reports including the Office of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Adamini, 81, died ...