City created as port to ship iron ore MARQUETTE — According to legend, what is now the city of Marquette was founded for the pursuit of “truth, intelligence, integrity, and Christian morality.” Much of the city’s growth paralleled developments in the iron mining industry, which ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads connected the expanding republic, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. Through these ...
MARQUETTE — From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 17, the Michigan State University Extension program, in partnership with the Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy, will be hosting a vernal pool patrol field training event at Tory’s Woods Nature Preserve. A vernal pool is an ephemeral pool which ...
BARAGA — Two students from Phillip Latendresse Elementary School in Baraga have qualified invited to participate in the Invention Convention National Competition next month in downstate Dearborn. Adelyn Wilson and Allie Johnston’s project, “Magic Footsteps,” was presented in the state ...
NEGAUNEE — Anglers hoping to target walleye in Lake Independence or Teal Lake should be aware of a regulation change for walleye on those two waters that is now in effect. All walleye smaller than 15 inches and those between 18 and 23 inches are protected from harvest and must be ...
MARQUETTE — During Tuesday’s meeting of the Marquette Board of Light and Power, the utility board voted against approving a proposal by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to use a portion of the old Shiras Steam Plant site for a marina and a building to be used for boat storage ...