NEW YORK (AP) — A statue of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be built in her native Brooklyn, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday. Ginsburg died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. A legal trailblazer and champion of women’s ...
MARQUETTE — The Ishpeming Ski Club is asking the public to provide information on a recent spate of “serious vandalism” at its facilities in western Marquette County, officials say. ISC head ski jump coach Gary Rasmussen said he noticed early last week that one of the club’s picnic ...
NEGAUNEE — The Peninsula Arts Appreciation Council provided an update on the status of the Historic Vista Theater on Thursday. PAAC members voted unanimously at a Sept. 14 PAAC meeting to allow the theater board to move forward with all efforts, up to and including negotiating a possible ...
MARQUETTE — The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way justice has been administered across the United States since March. Even locally, the need to remain socially distant in order to reduce the spread of the virus meant an abrupt cessation of jury trials and a drastic change in how trial ...
MARQUETTE — Chocolay Township will dig into its general fund reserves to make improvements to a portion of Poplar Trail, a county road near Little Lake Road that intersects Karen Road. The Chocolay Township Board unanimously approved spending $10,964 in reserve funds for its 60% share of ...
LANSING – The Beechwood Store in Iron River Township, built in 1912 in the small Swedish settlement of Beechwood, played an essential role in the cultural and social life of its western Upper Peninsula community. The historic Beechwood Store, which also served as a post office and social ...
MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Regional Blood Center is asking everyone who can safely do so to consider donating blood. The center, which serves 13 U.P. hospitals, announced Tuesday on its Facebook page that it is currently experiencing a critical need for all blood types. Donor Jessica ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette Area Public Schools has confirmed two staff members at Superior Hills Elementary School have tested positive for COVID-19. District superintendent Bill Saunders confirmed the positive results in a letter to parents and guardians that was posted on the MAPS website ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees on Thursday approved campus committee recommendations to revise the winter 2021 semester academic calendar and to hold a virtual recognition ceremony celebrating all 2020 graduates. Winter semester will be delayed by one week, ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally ran in Tuesday’s Health section but has been reprinted in this weekend’s edition due to popular demand. IRON MOUNTAIN — September is Suicide Prevention Month and the Oscar G. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iron Mountain is doing its ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Her death just ...
MARQUETTE — Venerable Bishop Frederic Baraga was known as the snowshoe priest for traveling across the snow to his flock throughout the Upper Great Lakes, even in the worst conditions. While the Baraga Association isn’t expecting a snowstorm to stop its annual Baraga Days celebration this ...
SEATTLE — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” before the November election. Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was ...
MARQUETTE — The UP200, Midnight Run and Jack Pine 30 sled dog races attract many tourists to the Marquette area in the middle of winter — not always an easy feat. Although people flock to the region to watch the dogs run the races, they also patronize area businesses before, during and ...
MARQUETTE — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, which urges Homes for the Aged program to conduct regular testing for COVID-19, announced an expansion of state assistance and reimbursement to support more testing in these facilities. HFAs provide room, board and supervised ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette City Commission approved two property sales and extended a third at Monday night’s commission meeting. The commission tackled purchase agreements for several parcels of land at the Heartwood Forest and Founders Landing sites, and finalized a sale of land near ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s week-long homecoming celebration for alumni, area residents and students will be modified because of the COVID-19 virus. According to a press release from the university, a newly formatted “reverse” homecoming parade will be held from 3-6 ...