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Ruge named NMU commencement speaker

MARQUETTE — Mark Ruge, a 1980 Northern Michigan University political science alumnus who grew up in Menominee, will serve as the keynote speaker for NMU's Saturday commencement. As a partner at K&L Gates, one of the largest global law firms, his practice includes a focus on the American ...

Stenberg is NMU student commencement speaker

MARQUETTE — Blake Stenberg, who will earn a bachelor's degree from Northern Michigan University in social studies secondary education, has been selected as the student speaker for NMU's commencement on Saturday. The Bark River native will deliver his speech not long after returning from a ...

Workers’ Memorial Day honors those who died or were injured on the job

ISHPEMING — Tuesday was Workers’ Memorial Day, an international day of remembrance and action for workers who were killed, injured or made unwell by their work. An event was held at the Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum in Ishpeming to commemorate the day, as well as to honor fallen miners from the ...

U.P. legislators propose veteran’s cemetery

MARQUETTE — Last week, Upper Peninsula state Reps. Dave Prestin, Greg Markkanen and Karl Bohnak, all members of the Republican Party, proposed legislation which would sponsor the creation of a veterans’ cemetery in the Upper Peninsula. House Bill 5843 of 2026 was introduced by Prestin and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. The bill appropriates funds to conduct a cemetery location analysis and feasibility study by the Michigan veterans affairs agency, as well as creates an Upper Peninsula veterans’ cemetery fund. The total estimated cost of the project is $5.7 million ...