Whitmer signs bipartisan bill forgiving makeup days for schools

May 28, 2026

MACKINAC ISLAND. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a bipartisan bill to forgive school makeup days, supporting dozens of communities across the state that were impacted by severe weather following unprecedented snow melt, spring storms and flooding.  "Michigan families are still feeling the impacts of the severe weather that devastated many of our communities,” Whitmer said in a press release. “This bill removes unnecessary penalties on students and schools whose routines were disrupted. I’m focused on securing funds ...

UPAWS announces parvovirus case

May 27, 2026

SANDS — On Sunday, the Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter announced that they were responding to a case of canine parvovirus involved with a recent puppy litter intake. Parvovirus is a highly contagious illness which can be fatal in dogs. UPAWS has taken several steps to avoid ...

Alger County Correctional Facility receives Ridglan Farms beagles through Dogs of the MDOC

May 27, 2026

WETMORE — Last week, the Alger County Correctional Facility welcomed two beagles who were recently released from the Ridglan Farms, a beagle-breeding operation in southern Wisconsin which has a history of supplying dogs to biomedical research facilities. The dogs, named Charlie and Linus, ...

Host families needed for visiting delegation from Marquette Sister City Higashiomi, Japan

May 27, 2026

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Area Sister Cities Partnership is seeking host families for visitors from Marquette’s sister city in Higashiomi, Japan. The visiting delegation will include seven people, including the Deputy Mayor, a Higashiomi City Council member, Higashiomi City Staff, members ...

‘All aboard!’

May 26, 2026

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Mining Journal, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. Before the advent of the railroad, wagons provided the most ...

America at 250: West Virginia born amid chaos of Civil War

May 26, 2026

EDITOR'S NOTE: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...