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A reflection on NMU’s 1975 NCAA win

MARQUETTE— One of the most legendary sports moments in Northern Michigan University history was when the Wildcats football team went from worst to first by winning the 1975 NCAA District II championship. Now, 50 years later nearly all the team is gathered to commemorate it this weekend at ...

Senatorial candidates: Rachel Howard

MARQUETTE — Rachel Howard, a first time political candidate, has thrown her hat in the ring for the 2026 U.S. senate election in Michigan. Howard served as a combat medic in the Michigan Army National Guard from 2005 to 2019, has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and is one of 500 ...

Where is Helen Dymond?

MARQUETTE — Helen Dymond of National Mine went missing on June 28, 1981, vanishing without a trace. This is the case Northern Michigan University and the Michigan State Police are working on together; both hope the public can help as well. Last Thursday saw Holly Letson, granddaughter of ...

Negaunee wins 2025 community excellence award

NEGAUNEE – The city of Negaunee is the 2025 winner of the Michigan Municipal League’s Community Excellence Award. The Negaunee Downtown Enhancement Project marks the third community from the U.P. that has won the CEA, after the city of Ironwood in 2013 and the city of Houghton in ...