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Ishpeming’s Thursday night Summer Concert Series to kick off June 18

ISHPEMING — The 23rd annual Thursday night Summer Concert Series in downtown Ishpeming will kick off on June 18 with Big Lake Acoustic. The event, which is free to the public, takes place around 7 p.m. to around 8 p.m. at Old Ish Park on Main Street. In the event of inclement weather, the ...

Local high school students clean the graves of Barnes-Hecker miners

ISHPEMING — On Monday, National Honor Society members from Ishpeming High School traveled to the Ishpeming Cemetery to clean the graves of miners who died in the Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster, as part of the events leading up to the 100th anniversary of the Disaster in November. Students from ...

Family, authorities seek volunteers in search for missing Alger County woman

MUNISING — Volunteers are needed for an upcoming search for Starla Goings, a 65-year-old Munising woman who disappeared August 2025 in a case investigators say may involve foul play. The ground search will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Au Train Fire Station, located at the ...

Researchers look for answers behind ‘zombie fish’ deep in Lake Superior

MARQUETTE — There’s something fishy going on in the frigid, dark depths of Lake Superior. In the deepest part of the lake, a quarter mile below the surface, researchers are discovering a growing number of extraordinarily thin lake trout that weigh about half their typical, healthy body ...

Nurse pleads no contest to controlled substance

ESCANABA — A registered nurse has pleaded no contest to one count of a controlled substance after being accused of stealing morphine from Christian Park Village, an assisted living facility where she was previously employed. On Monday, Jenna Leigh Furmanski appeared in the Delta County 47th ...